Thornton Clarke

Thornton Clarke
Personal information
Full name	Thornton Gainsborough Clarke
Date of birth	27 November 1891
Date of death	19 July 1916 (aged 24)
Place of death	Fromelles, France
Original team(s)	Mt Lyell[1]
Height / weight	180 cm / 74 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1911	Fitzroy	4 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.

Thornton Gainsborough Clarke (27 November 1891 – 19 July 1916) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

As a 19-year-old, Clarke appeared in four games in the 1911 VFL season, his only year at the club.^[2]

He later enlisted with the Australian Army and joined the 60th Infantry Battalion.

Clarke was killed in action soon after arriving on the Western Front, during the Battle of Fromelles.^[3]

See also

• List of Victorian Football League players who died in active service

References

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
2. "Thornton Clarke". AFL Tables.
3. "Roll of Honour – Thornton Gainsborough Clarke". Australian War Memorial.