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 was educated at The Geelong College. Recruited from Geelong, 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.
| Tim Clarke | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Clarke with Carlton in April 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Tim Clarke | ||
| Date of birth | 2 April 1982 | ||
| 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 | |||
Clarke became a development coach for the Richmond Football Club in 2010. 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.[1] From 2016 until 2018, he was midfield assistant coach at Carlton. From 2019 until 2021, he was a development coach and forwards assistant coach at Gold Coast. In 2022, he returned to Carlton to again take up the midfield assistant coaching position.[2]
Statistics
| 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[3] | 96 | 39 | 23 | 705 | 724 | 1429 | 399 | 187 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 14.9 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 1 | ||
References
- "VFL football returns to Tigerland". RFC. Richmond Football Club. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- "Clarke returns to Carlton as assistant coach". Carlton Football Club. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- "Tim Clarke". AFLTables. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
