Matthew Clucas
{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Matthew Clucas
| image =
| fullname = Matthew Philip Clucas
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|03|18|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 174 cm
| weight = 78 kg
| position =
| statsend = 2006
| years1 = 1996–1998
| club1 = {{WAFL|EF}}
| games_goals1 = 26 (10)
| years2 = 1997–1999
| club2 = Fremantle
| games_goals2 = 11 (1)
| years3 = 1999
| club3 = {{WAFL|SF}}
| games_goals3 = 19 (11)
| years4 = 2000
| club4 = {{WAFL|EF}}
| games_goals4 = 18 (10)
| years5 = 2001–2006
| club5 = {{WAFL|SF}}
| games_goals5 = 99 (44)
| careerhighlights = * 1998 WAFL Premiership with East Fremantle.
- 2005 WAFL Premiership with South Fremantle.
}}
Matthew Philip Clucas (born 18 March 1978) is an Australian rules footballer. He played as a midfielder and began his football career at East Fremantle Football Club.
Fremantle career
Clucas was selected by {{AFL Fre}} with the 32nd selection in the 1996 AFL Draft. He played 11 Australian Football League (AFL) games between 1997 and 1999. He was delisted at the end of the 2000 season.
WAFL career
Clucas played 26 games for East Fremantle, including their 1998 premiership side.
In 1999, all Fremantle listed players were allocated to play for South Fremantle in the WAFL, rather than their original WAFL team. Clucas played 19 games for South Fremantle, but returned to East Fremantle in 2000 when the single club allocation system was abolished.
After bring delisted by Fremantle at the end of the 2000 season, Clucas also left East Fremantle and rejoined South. He won their best and fairest award in 2001 and was a member of South Fremantle's 2005 premiership winning team.{{cite web | url=http://wafootball.com.au/resources/doc_download/10-premiership-players-1931-2008 | title=Every League Premiership Player in Page Finals System Era - 1931–2009 |publisher=West Australian Football Commission| accessdate=27 July 2012| page=3}}{{cite web | url=http://www.wafl.com.au/players/view/163 | title=Matthew Clucas (South Fremantle) | publisher=West Australian Football Commission | work=WAFL Online | accessdate=27 July 2012}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{AFL Tables}}
- {{AustralianFootball}}
- {{WAFL FootyFacts}}
{{1996 AFL national draft}}
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Category:Fremantle Football Club players
Category:East Fremantle Football Club players
Category:South Fremantle Football Club players
Category:Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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