Clinton Wolf
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{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Clinton Wolf
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1968|12|18}}
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| originalteam = Claremont (WAFL)
| draftpick = Zone Selection, 1994 AFL Draft
| height = 195 cm
| weight = 99 kg
| position = Ruckman
| guernsey = 20
| statsend = 1995
| years1 = 1991, 1993–1995
| club1 = {{WAFL|Cla}}
| games_goals1 = 52 (11)
| years2 = 1995
| club2 = {{AFL Fre}}
| games_goals2 = {{0}}4 {{0}}(0)
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Clinton Wolf (born 18 December 1968) is an Australian Aboriginal leader and former Australian rules footballer.
Football career
Wolf began his career with East Fremantle in 1988 before moving to the Claremont Football Club in the West Australian Football League in 1991,[http://www.wafooty.com.au/download/d/hmE9aX8AYM-q2Yq7i1Le_jegn2O0jbFyrbXVaW5drlM WAFL Premiership Players 1931-2009] playing in their premiership side. He missed the 1992 season due to work in Kalgoorlie,Stocks, Gary; "Wolf Too Tough for Bulldogs"; The West Australian, 5 July 1993, p. 66 but despite a major knee reconstruction early in the season recovered to play in the 1993 Tiger premiership team.[http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-5545-0-0-0&sID=222369 Aboriginal Football: The Indigenous Game – West Australian Football League] Continued solid form in 1994 saw Wolf make the inaugural squad of the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League. Wolf only played four matches for Fremantle in the 1995 AFL season before retiring due to recurring knee injuries.
Working life
As a lawyer, Wolf was the executive director of the Yamatji Land and Sea Council native title representative body from 1998 to 2001.Ritter, David (2004); [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/ILB/2004/60.html 'Don’t Call Me Baby' Ten Years of the Yamatji Marlpa Land and Sea Council Native Title Representative Bodyl]; Indigenous Law Bulletin He is currently Chief Executive Officer of the Western Desert Land Aboriginal Corporation.Bain, Di; [http://www.abc.net.au/insidebusiness/content/2007/s1991055.htm Uranium mining tensions resurface]; 29 July 2007
He is, as of 2011, chairperson of the Western Australian Aboriginal Lands Trust.{{cite web| url=http://www.dia.wa.gov.au/en/Boards-And-Committees/ALT/Members/| title=Aboriginal Lands Trust - Members| publisher=State of Western Australia - Department of Indigenous Affairs| accessdate=30 July 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823200412/http://www.dia.wa.gov.au/en/Boards-And-Committees/ALT/Members/| archive-date=23 August 2011| url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- {{AFL Tables}}
- {{AustralianFootball}}
- {{WAFL FootyFacts}}
{{1994 Indigenous All-Stars squad}}
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Category:Fremantle Football Club players
Category:Claremont Football Club players
Category:Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
Category:Indigenous Australians from Western Australia
Category:Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
Category:People from Carnarvon, Western Australia
Category:East Fremantle Football Club players
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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