Horrie Clover

Horrie Clover
Personal information
Date of birth	20 March 1895
Date of death
Original team(s)	Maryborough
Debut	Round 2, 1920, Carlton v. Richmond, at Punt Road Oval
Height/Weight	185 cm / 87 kg
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1920-1931	Carlton	147 (396)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1922-1923, 1927	Carlton	45 (26-18-1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931 season.
Career highlights
Carlton captain/coach 1922–24, 1927 Carlton leading goalkicker 1920–1923, 1926, 1928 Carlton Best & Fairest 1929 VFL Leading Goalkicker 1922 Victorian representative (9 games, 20 goals).

Horrie Clover (20 March 1895 – 1 January 1984) was a leading Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League (VFL).

Clover was a high-marking centre half-forward who starred from his first game, kicking three goals and hitting the post four times. Clover was Carlton’s key player during his career, including stints as playing coach in 1922-23 and 1927 for 26 wins from 45 matches. He also served as club secretary, vice-president and president over many years.

Called "one of the finest exponents of the centre-half-forward position that the game has known", Clover was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996.

Sources

• Atkinson, G. (1982) Everything you ever wanted to know about Australian rules football but couldn't be bothered asking, The Five Mile Press: Melbourne. ISBN 0 86788 009 0.

External links

• Horrie Clover's profile from AustralianFootball.com
• AFL Hall of Fame