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Dr Tony Clarkson AM (13 August 1939 – 25 January 2011) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).[1]

Tony Clarkson
Personal information
Full name Anthony Russell Clarkson
Nickname(s) Doc
Date of birth (1939-08-13)13 August 1939
Place of birth Adelaide, South Australia
Date of death 25 January 2011(2011-01-25) (aged 71)
Place of death Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s) Adelaide University
Height 194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Position(s) Ruck
Other occupation Doctor
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1959, 1964–1968 Sturt (SANFL) 110 (106)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1968.
Career highlights
  • 6 games for South Australia
  • 2x Sturt Best and Fairest 1965, 1967
  • 3x Sturt Premiership player 1966, 1967, 1968
  • Sturt Football Club Hall of Fame Inductee 2006

Following his football career, Clarkson became a highly regarded name in medicine as a founding director of the Renal Unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and president of the Medical Board of South Australia.[2] In The Queen's Birthday 2004 Honours List, he was awarded Member of the Order of Australia "For service to renal medicine, particularly as a contributor to the advancement of the specialty of nephrology in the Asia-Pacific region through clinical research, teaching and professional organisations, and to the community."[3]


Notes


  1. John, Devaney. "Tony Clarkson". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. "Obituaries: Tributes to three of our finest". News Corp. The Advertiser. 9 April 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. "Dr Anthony Russell CLARKSON". Australian Honours Search Facility. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 3 April 2020.



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