Tony Clarkson | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Anthony Russell Clarkson | ||
Nickname(s) | Doc | ||
Date of birth | 13 August 1939 | ||
Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia | ||
Date of death | 25 January 2011 | (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 | |||
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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]
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]