Tim Clarke (Australian footballer)

Tim Clarke (born 2 April 1982) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He currently works as an assistant coach for Carlton Football Club.

Tim Clarke
Clarke with Carlton in April 2018
Personal information
Full name Tim Clarke
Date of birth (1982-04-02) 2 April 1982 (age 42)
Original team(s) Geelong Falcons
Draft No. 33, 1999 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2001, Hawthorn vs. Collingwood, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2000–2008 Hawthorn 96 (39)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2008.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Playing career

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Hawthorn

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He was educated at The Geelong College. Recruited from Geelong, Clarke played for Hawthorn Football Club from 2000 until 2008, with a total of 96 games and he kicked 39 goals.[1] Clarke won the 'Most improved' and 'Most determined' awards for Hawthorn in 2004 and 2005 respectively. He was delisted by Hawthorn at the end of the 2008 AFL season.

Coaching career

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Richmond Football Club

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Clarke became a development coach in an assistant coaching role for the Richmond Football Club in 2010 under senior coach Damien Hardwick . At the end of 2011, he left the club to venture overseas for a year; he returned in 2013, and was also appointed senior coach of the club's VFL-affiliate Coburg. When Richmond ended its affiliation with Coburg entered its own reserves team in 2014, Clarke was appointed coach of the side.[2]

Carlton Football Club

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From 2016 until 2018, he was midfield assistant coach at Carlton under senior coach Brendon Bolton.[3][4]

Gold Coast Suns

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From 2019 until 2021, he was a development coach and forwards assistant coach at Gold Coast Suns under senior coach Stuart Dew.[5][6][7]

Return to Carlton Football Club

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In October 2021, he returned to Carlton to again take up the midfield assistant coaching position under senior coach Michael Voss for the 2022 season.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

Statistics

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Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
  M  
Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2000 Hawthorn 25 0 0
2001 Hawthorn 25 15 6 3 85 64 149 37 12 0.4 0.2 5.7 4.3 9.9 2.5 0.8 0
2002 Hawthorn 25 5 0 0 21 11 32 11 5 0.0 0.0 4.2 2.2 6.4 2.2 1.0 0
2003 Hawthorn 25 12 3 5 75 79 154 42 29 0.3 0.4 6.3 6.6 12.8 3.5 2.4 0
2004 Hawthorn 25 15 2 4 113 121 234 45 40 0.1 0.3 7.5 8.1 15.6 3.0 2.7 0
2005 Hawthorn 25 21 12 6 188 189 377 97 54 0.6 0.3 9.0 9.0 18.0 4.6 2.6 0
2006 Hawthorn 25 18 12 1 159 183 342 121 36 0.7 0.1 8.8 10.2 19.0 6.7 2.0 1
2007 Hawthorn 25 2 1 0 15 19 34 8 1 0.5 0.0 7.5 9.5 17.0 4.0 0.5 0
2008 Hawthorn 25 8 3 4 49 58 107 38 10 0.4 0.5 6.1 7.3 13.4 4.8 1.3 0
Career[17] 96 39 23 705 724 1429 399 187 0.4 0.2 7.3 7.5 14.9 4.2 1.9 1

References

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  1. ^ "TIM CLARKE". Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  2. ^ "VFL football returns to Tigerland". RFC. Richmond Football Club. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Tim Clarke". Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Clarke departs". 25 August 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Tim Clarke joins GC SUNS coaching group". 11 October 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Gold Coast Suns sign former Carlton and Richmond assistant Tim Clarke as development coach". 12 October 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  7. ^ "'Ace' doing well in Australia". 29 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Clarke returns to Carlton as assistant coach". Carlton Football Club. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Blues poach Suns coach, three clubs add former Demons". 5 October 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Carlton add Tim Clarke to AFL coaching mix". 5 October 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Carlton add Tim Clarke to AFL coaching mix". 5 October 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Carlton add Tim Clarke to AFL coaching mix". 5 October 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Carlton add Tim Clarke to AFL coaching mix". 5 October 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Carlton add Tim Clarke to AFL coaching mix". 5 October 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  15. ^ "Carlton add Tim Clarke to AFL coaching mix". 5 October 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Carlton add Tim Clarke to AFL coaching mix". 5 October 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  17. ^ "Tim Clarke". AFLTables. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
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