Career
Early career
West Torrens
In 1987, he joined South Australian National Football League club West Torrens and spent his four seasons playing mostly as a wingman. He was selected in the 1989 "West End All Stars Team of the Year". Brisbane Bears
Despite not making onto the Brisbane Bears list when they joined the competition in 1987, Clarke"s efforts in South Australia saw him signed by the club in 1991.
An injury sustained in 1995 meant he had to undergo a knee reconstruction which ultimately ended his American Federation of Labor-Congress career.
Coaching
Clarke took over from Lance Spaulding as coach of Sandy Bay for the 1997 TFL Statewide League season in Tasmania. The following season he took over as coach of the newly formed Southern Cats.
Clarke died from coronary atherosclerosis on 28 October 2013, aged 44.
