- Norm Clark
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Not to be confused with Norm Clarke.
Norm Clark Personal information Full name Norman Clark Nickname(s) Hackenschmidt Date of birth 12 November 1878 Place of birth North Adelaide, South Australia Original team Stawell Height/Weight 170cm / 86kg Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 1905–1912 Carlton 126 (3) Coaching career3 Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1912
1914–1918
1919
1920–1922
1925–1926
1931
Total
1913
1924
1929VFL
Carlton
Carlton
Richmond
Carlton
St Kilda
North Melbourne
VFA
Brighton
North Melbourne
Prahran
20 (15–5–0)
86 (59–23–4)
19 (12–7–0)
44 (28–14–2)
35 (14–21–0)
10 (0–10–0)
214 (128–80–6)1 Playing statistics to end of 1912 season .3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1931.Career highlights Norman "Hackenschmidt" Clark (12 November 1878 – 26 December 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1905 and 1912.
Prior to joining Carlton, he had played in two premiership teams at North Adelaide.
A talented sprinter, in 1899 he won the 130-yard Stawell Gift in eleven and four-fifths seconds, off a handicap of 14 and a half yards. His prize of 50 gold sovereigns was used to buy a handmade gold pocket watch, in which he had his initials 'N.C.C' inscribed. He moved to Stawell, hoping to win another Gift, and he played two seasons with Stawell Football Club.
Upon his arrival at Carlton in 1905, his team-mates noticed his exceptional physique and nicknamed him "Hackenschmidt" after the famous Estonian strongman and professional wrestler, Georg Hackenschmidt.
He played in three consecutive premiership sides for Carlton from 1906–1908 as well as coaching Carlton to back-to-back premierships in 1914–15. He was therefore one of the only men involved in Carlton's first five flags.
After leaving Carlton at the end of the 1918 season he took up the head coaching role at Richmond. In his first season, he took the Tigers to the Grand Final. This attained him the rare feat of coaching two separate clubs in VFL Grand Finals.
Clark was also the coach of VFL sides St Kilda in 1925–26 and North Melbourne in 1931. He was Captain/Coach of Victorian Football Association (VFA) side Brighton in 1913. He coached junior and senior football for seventeen seasons in the VFA, the VFL and the Ringwood Districts Football Association, with four more premierships to his credit by the time he retired after the 1931 season.
Clark died on Boxing Day in 1943. He was survived by his wife Eileen (deceased) and two sons Norman (Adrian) and Brian (both deceased).
References
- Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
External links
- Blueseum Biography: Norman Clark
- AFL Statistics: Norman Clark
- Full Points Footy Biography: Norman "Hackenschmidt" Clark
- Blueseum Article: Norman Clark 20/01/2006
- MCC Article Excerpt Carlton vs. Richmond 14/08/2010
Carlton Football Club 1906/1907/1908 VFL Premiers Coach: WorrallCarlton Football Club 1914/1915 VFL Premiers Coach: ClarkCoaches of the Carlton Football Club 1902–1909: Worrall • 1909–1911: Elliott • 1912: Clark • 1913: Wells • 1914–1918: Clark • 1919: Valentine • 1920–1922: Clark • 1922–1923: Clover • 1924: Parratt • 1925: Caldwell • 1925: O'Brien • 1926: Brew • 1927: Clover • 1928: Brew • 1929–1934: Minogue • 1935–1936: Maher • 1937: Rowe • 1938–1940: Diggins • 1941–1955: Bentley • 1956–1958: Francis • 1959–1964: Hands • 1965–1971: Barassi • 1972–1975: Nicholls • 1972; 1975: McKenzie • 1976–1977: Thorogood • 1978: Stewart • 1978: Silvagni • 1978–1979: Jesaulenko • 1980: Jones • 1981–1985: Parkin • 1986–1989: Walls • 1989–1990: Jesaulenko • 1991–2000: Parkin • 2001–2002: Brittain • 2003–2007: Pagan • 2007–: RattenItalics denote caretaker coachCoaches of the Richmond Football Club 1908–1909: Condon • 1910: Hall • 1911: Incigneri • 1912: C. Pannam • 1913: Jenkins • 1914–1916: Ricketts • 1917: Maybury • 1918: Nolan • 1919: Clark • 1920–1925: Minogue • 1926: Morris • 1927–1932: Hughes • 1933: Schmidt • 1934–1940: Bentley • 1937; 1941: Titus • 1941–1952: Dyer • 1953–1955: A. Pannam • 1956: Oppy • 1957–1960: McDonald • 1961–1963: Rowe • 1964: Harris • 1964–1965: Smith • 1965: Titus • 1966–1976: Hafey • 1971: Howell • 1976–1978: Richardson • 1979–1982: Jewell • 1982–1983: Bourke • 1984: Patterson • 1985: Sproule • 1985–1987: Jewell • 1988–1991: Bartlett • 1992: Jeans • 1993–1995: Northey • 1996–1997: Walls • 1997–1999: Gieschen • 2000–2004: Frawley • 2005–2009: Wallace • 2009: Rawlings • 2010–: HardwickItalics denote caretaker coachCoaches of the St Kilda Football Club 1906: Hall • 1908: Grace • 1909: J. Smith • 1911: Drohan • 1913: Sparrow • 1914: McNamara • 1915; 1918:* J. Smith • 1919: Eicke • 1920: Sparrow • 1920–1921: Ricketts • 1922–1923: McNamara • 1924: Eicke • 1925–1926: Clark • 1927: Heinz • 1928–1929: Sparrow • 1930: Cubbins • 1931–1932: Hardy • 1932: King • 1933: Deane • 1934: C. Watson • 1935–1937: Minogue • 1938–1940: Clarke • 1938: Patterson • 1941: Knight • 1942–1943: Garvin • 1944–1945: Thomas • 1946–1947: Hird • 1948–1950: Froude • 1951: Green • 1952–1953: Williamson • 1954–1955: Foote • 1956–1958: Killigrew • 1959–1960: Francis • 1961–1976: Jeans • 1972; 1974: Guy • 1977: R. Smith • 1978–1980: Patterson • 1980–1982: Jesaulenko • 1983–1984: Jewell • 1984–1986: Gellie • 1987–1989: Baldock • 1987: Davis • 1990–1993: Sheldon • 1994–1998: Alves • 1999–2000: T. Watson • 2001: Blight • 2001–2006: Thomas • 2007–2011: Lyon • 2012–: Watters*St Kilda did not participate in the VFL from 1916–1917 due to World War I
Italics denote caretaker coachCoaches of the North Melbourne Football Club 1925–1926: Eicke • 1926: Donnelly • 1926: S. Thomas • 1927: Barker • 1928–1929: Tyson • 1929: Noonan • 1930: Lewis • 1931: Pemberton • 1931: Clark • 1932: Cameron • 1932–1934: Taylor • 1934: Fitzmaurice • 1935–1937: Scanlan • 1938–1939: Forbes • 1940: L. Thomas • 1940: Adamson • 1941–1942: McCaskill • 1942–1943: Findlay • 1944–1947: McCaskill • 1948–1953: Carter • 1954–1955: McCorkell • 1956–1957: Gaudion • 1958–1962: Carter • 1963–1966: Killigrew • 1966–1970: McKenzie • 1971–1972: Dixon • 1973–1980: Barassi • 1976: Knights • 1977: Dugdale • 1981: Blight • 1981–1984: Cable • 1985–1989: Kennedy • 1990–1992: Schimmelbusch • 1993–2002: Pagan • 2003–2009: Laidley • 2009: Crocker • 2010–: ScottItalics denote caretaker coachCategories:- St Kilda Football Club coaches
- 1878 births
- 1943 deaths
- North Adelaide Football Club players
- Carlton Football Club players
- Carlton Football Club coaches
- Richmond Football Club coaches
- North Melbourne Football Club coaches
- Prahran Football Club coaches
- Brighton Football Club coaches
- Stawell Football Club players
- Australian rules footballers from South Australia
- Stawell Gift winners
- Australian rules biography, pre-1940 birth stubs
- Australian athletics biography stubs
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