Career
Prior to joining Carlton, he had played in two premiership teams at North Adelaide. His prize of 50 gold sovereigns was used to buy a handmade gold pocket watch, in which he had his initials "North.C.C" inscribed. Upon his arrival at Carlton in 1905, his team-mates noticed his exceptional physique and nicknamed him "Hackenschmidt" after the famous strongman and professional wrestler, Georg Hackenschmidt.
He played in three consecutive premiership sides for Carlton from 1906–1908 as well as coaching Carlton to back-to-back premierships in 1914-1915.
He was therefore one of the only men involved in Carlton"s first five flags. After leaving Carlton at the end of the 1918 season he took up the head coaching role at Richmond.
In his first season, he took the Tigers to the Grand Final. Clark was also the coach of VFL sides Street Kilda in 1925-1926 and North Melbourne in 1931.
He was Captain/Coach of Victorian Football Association (VFA) side Brighton in 1913.
He coached junior and senior football for seventeen seasons in the VFA, the VFL and the Ringwood Districts Football Association, with four more premierships to his cr by the time he retired after the 1931 season. Clark died on Boxing Day in 1943.
