Bert Clarke (footballer, born 1906)

{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1906}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Bert Clarke

| image =

| fullname = Albert Henry Clarke

| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|05|09|df=y}}

| birth_place = Stratford, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1974|12|17|1906|05|09|df=y}}

| death_place = Glenbrook, New South Wales

| originalteam = Albury, Corowa

| height = 185 cm

| weight = 82 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1933

| years1 = 1933

| club1 = {{AFL NM}}

| games_goals1 = 4 (2)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Albert Henry Clarke (9 May 1906 – 17 December 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=152}}

Clarke was recruited from Albury in the Ovens and Murray Football League.{{cite web |title=Bert Clarke - Albury FC |url=https://www.nswfootballhistory.com.au/person/19898/ |website=NSW Football History |accessdate=5 September 2020}}

Clarke played for Greta, then was captain coach of Milawa's 1940 premiership.

Clarke was later the President of the Ovens & King Football League from 1955 to 1957 and was made a life member in 1958.{{cite web |title=1958 - Retiring O&K chief was fine player |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/140137596@N02/52940207388/in/album-72157719698170783/ |publisher=Wangaratta Chronicle |access-date=31 May 2023 |date=28 February 1958}}