Clem Fisher
| Clem Fisher | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Thomas Clement Fisher | ||
| Date of birth | 3 February 1908 | ||
| Place of birth | South Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 13 April 1988 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Mount Waverley, Victoria | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1929–30 | Port Melbourne (VFA) | 28 (10) | |
| 1931–32 | South Melbourne (VFL) | 14 (4) | |
| 1932 | St Kilda (VFL) | 9 (4) | |
| Total | 51 (18) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Thomas Clement Fisher (3 February 1908 – 13 April 1988) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family[edit]
The son of Thomas Fisher (1885-1964),[2] and May Fisher (1887-1967), née Mardell,[3] Thomas Clement Fisher was born at South Melbourne, Victoria on 3 February 1908.
He was the older brother of St Kilda footballer Ron Fisher.[4]
He married Thelma Tudor Riley (1911-2008), at Albert Park, Victoria, on 29 November 1934.[5]
Football[edit]
In March 1929, "C. Fisher, 6 ft., 12 st, 7 lbs. Follower and half-back South Melbourne church team" was one of those training with South Melbourne in the VFL pre-season.[6]
Port Melbourne (VFA)[edit]
Identified as "T. Fisher" he played 28 games, and scored 10 goals for Port Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1929 and 1930.[7]
South Melbourne (VFL)[edit]
Identified as "C. Fisher" he made South Melbourne's final training list in 1931,[8] and played his first senior game against St Kilda, at the Lake Oval, on 23 May 1931.
St Kilda (VFL)[edit]
In June 1932, Port Melbourne approached South Melbourne for a clearance "for Fisher, a former Port player, but [were told that] he had signed a clearance form to St. Kilda".[9] He was granted a clearance from South Melbourne to St Kilda on 22 June 1932.[10]
Although he appeared on St Kilda's final senior list in 1933,[11] he played with the Second XVIII for the entire season, including the Grand Final which St Kilda lost to Melbourne by a single point on 28 September 1933,[12][13] and did not play another VFL senior match.
In 1934, he applied for a clearance to Hawthorn, on the grounds that "it [was] easier for him to train at Hawthorn than [at] St. Kilda".[14]
Optometrist[edit]
A Fellow of the Victorian Optical Association, and practising as an "Ophthalmic Optician" in Middle Park at least as early as 1930,[15] Fisher was registered (on 13 August 1936) as soon as registration was available under the Victorian Opticians Registration Act 1935.[16]
Death[edit]
He died at his home in Mount Waverley, Victoria on 13 April 1988.[17]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.278.
- ^ Deaths: Fisher, The Age, (Wednesday, 25 November 1964), p.29.
- ^ Deaths: Fisher, The Age, (Monday, 17 July 1967), p.13.
- ^ "St Kilda Men Transfer". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 2 April 1934. p. 2.
- ^ Photograph, at Weddings, Table Talk, (Thursday, 27 December 1934), p.43.
- ^ Football, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 9 March 1929), p.1.
- ^ Weekly Times Football Series — Port Melbourne Association Team, 1929, The Weekly Times Magazine Section, (Saturday, 31 August 1929), p.7.
- ^ Football, The Argus, (Wednesday, 29 April 1931), p.10.
- ^ Football: Association: Club Notes, The Argus, Wednesday, 22 June 1932), p.16.
- ^ Football: League Permits, The Argus, (Thursday, 23 June 1932), p.12.
- ^ Football: St. Kilda List, The Age, (Wednesday, 26 April 1933), p.5.
- ^ League Second Eighteens, The Age, (Friday, 29 September 1933), p.11.
- ^ On the day, he played as the resting forward-pocket ruckman, with his brother, Roy, in the first ruck: see Finals in Junior Football, The Herald, (Thursday, 28 September 1933), p.4.
- ^ St. Kilda Men Transfer, The Age, (Monday, 2 April 1934), p.3.
- ^ Advertising, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 22 November 1930), p.3.
- ^ Optometrists Registration Board of Victoria: List of Certified Optometrists as at 22 March 1984, Victorian Government Gazette, No.44, (Friday, 6 April 1984 List of Certified p.1072.
- ^ Deaths: Fisher, The Age, (Friday, 15 April 1988), p.21.
References[edit]
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
External links[edit]
- Clem Fisher's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Clem Fisher at AustralianFootball.com
- Thomas C. Fisher, The VFA Project.