Clyde Helmer
Clyde Helmer | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 22 April 1916 | ||
Date of death | 24 April 1945 29) | (aged||
Place of death | New Guinea | ||
Original team(s) | Mooroopna | ||
Height / weight | 184 cm / 80 kg | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1937–1941 1942 Total - |
Geelong Melbourne |
71 (137) 2 (3) 73 (140) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1942. |
Clyde Helmer (22 April 1916 – 24 April 1945) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
A forward, Helmer could torpedo punt on either foot and in 1938, just his second league season, topped Geelong's goalkicking with 74 goals. In a game that year against Fitzroy he kicked a career best eight goals. He crossed to Melbourne in 1942 but could only manage two games.
During World War II Helmer was a Temporary Warrant Officer in the Australian Army and lost his life in New Guinea after a bomb he was trying to defuse exploded.
See also
References
- Clyde Helmer's statistics from AFL Tables
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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