Sammy Clarke

Sammy Clarke
Personal information
Full name	Sydney Campbell Clarke
Date of birth	5 April 1914
Place of birth	West Midland, Western Australia
Date of death	24 January 1945(1945-01-24) (aged 30)
Place of death	near Tadji, Territory of New Guinea
Original team(s)	Hale School
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre half-back, half-back flanker
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1933–1941	Claremont	133 (6)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1934–1937	Western Australia	8 (0)
Career highlights
Sandover Medal 1933, 1934 Claremont premiership side 1939 West Australian Football Hall of Fame (inducted 2005) Western Australian Hall of Champions (inducted 2009)

Sydney Campbell "Sammy" Clarke (5 April 1914 – 24 January 1945) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Claremont in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) between 1933 and 1941. He won the Sandover Medal in his first two seasons in the competition, making him the first player to win the award in consecutive years. Clarke won a premiership with Claremont in 1939, and also represented Western Australia in eight interstate games. He served as a pilot with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during World War II, but was killed in action in New Guinea towards the end of the war.