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Zac Clarke
Zac Clarke
	Clarke playing for Fremantle in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Zachary Clarke
Date of birth	28 March 1990 (age 34)
Original team(s)	Oakleigh Chargers (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 37, 2008 national draft
Height	203 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career1
Years	Club
2009–2017	Fremantle
2009–2012	East Perth
2013–2016	Peel Thunder
2018, 2023	Subiaco
2019	Essendon
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023.
Career highlights
	2011 AFL Rising Star: nominee;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Zachary Clarke (born 28 March 1990) is a former professional Australian rules footballer. He previously played for the Fremantle Football Club and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

Clarke was born in Australia to an Australian mother and African-American father.^[1]^[2] He grew up in Melbourne in Victoria playing basketball, a fan of Kevin Garnett and dreamt of playing in the NBA. He represented Victoria in the youth state championships and was organising trails with US clubs before moving to Perth, Western Australia at age 18 when he gave up basketball and transitioned Australian rules.^[3]

AFL Career

Clarke was drafted with the 37th selection in the 2008 AFL Draft after playing his first season of competitive football with the Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup in 2008. He represented Victoria Metro at the 2008 AFL Under 18 Championships. At 203 cm, he had previously played basketball for the Nunawading Spectres and had hoped to play at a US College.^[4] An athletic player with good endurance, he lived with Fremantle's first choice ruckman, 211 cm Aaron Sandilands when he first moved to Western Australia.^[5] He attended Koonung Secondary College.

For the 2009 season, Clarke was allocated to play for East Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League and after two impressive games was named in Fremantle's senior squad for their Round 3 match against Adelaide.^[6] He eventually made his debut in the round 13 clash against Collingwood Football Club after averaging an impressive 16 hit outs in the WAFL.^[7]

In round 20, 2011, following a strong performance against St Kilda, Clarke was nominated for the 2011 AFL Rising Star.^[8]

Clarke was delisted by Fremantle at the conclusion of the 2017 season, having missed much of the past two seasons through injury.^[9]

In November 2018, Clarke returned to AFL, joining Essendon via the newly implemented pre-season supplemental selection period.^[10]

In October 2019, Clarke was delisted by Essendon after 9 games in the 2019 season.^[11]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2016 season^[12]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks	H/O	Hit-outs


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals								Averages (per game)
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O
2009	Fremantle	30	5	0	0	9	36	45	8	10	35	0.0	0.0	1.8	7.2	9.0	1.6	2.0	7.0
2010	Fremantle	30	3	0	1	3	17	20	3	12	25	0.0	0.3	1.0	5.7	6.7	1.0	4.0	8.3
2011	Fremantle	30	13	6	6	62	115	177	42	68	172	0.5	0.5	4.8	8.8	13.6	3.2	5.2	13.2
2012	Fremantle	30	15	13	13	105	67	172	67	48	121	0.9	0.9	7.0	4.5	11.5	4.5	3.2	8.1
2013	Fremantle	30	17	8	3	84	142	226	68	57	355	0.5	0.2	4.9	8.4	13.3	4.0	3.4	20.9
2014	Fremantle	30	21	12	10	132	126	258	92	57	252	0.6	0.5	6.3	6.0	12.3	4.4	2.7	12.0
2015	Fremantle	30	14	7	2	73	75	148	57	28	162	0.5	0.1	5.2	5.4	10.6	4.1	2.0	11.6
2016	Fremantle	30	13	0	3	37	89	126	37	35	249	0.0	0.2	2.8	6.8	9.7	2.8	2.7	19.2
Career			101	46	38	505	667	1172	374	315	1371	0.5	0.4	5.0	6.6	11.6	3.7	3.1	13.6