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Clinton Wines Personal information Full name Clinton Bligh Wines Date of birth 2 May 1922 Date of death 23 October Place of death 2006 Original team South Warrnambool Height/Weight 179 cm / 80 kg Position(s) Centreman/Forward Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 1945-46 Carlton 39 (10) 1 Playing statistics to end of 1946 season .Clinton Wines (2 May 1922 – 23 October 2006) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the mid 1940s.
While at Carlton, Wines played as a centreman and it was in that position that he starred against Herbie Matthews in the 1945 VFL Grand Final win over South Melbourne. Wines, who was originally from South Warrnambool, had served with the 2/23rd Battalion in North Africa before joining Carlton.
The next stage of his career was spent in Sydney, where he had gone because his wife was home sick. He was signed up by Eastern Suburbs where he would play often as a forward, topping their goal-kicking twice, including an 81 goal season in 1949. On one occasion, in 1950, he kicked 19 goals in a match against Illawarra. Wines also captain-coached Eastern Suburbs for a time and captained NSW at interstate football.
References
- Clinton Wines's statistics from AFL Tables
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
Carlton Football Club 1945 VFL Premiers Carlton 15.13 (103) defeated South Melbourne 10.15 (75), at Princes ParkCoach: BentleyCategories:- 1922 births
- 2006 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria
- Carlton Football Club players
- South Warrnambool Football Club players
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