- Clyde Helmer
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Clyde Helmer Personal information Birth 22 April 1916 Recruited from Mooroopna Height and weight 184 cm / 80 kg Death 24 April 1945, New Guinea Playing career¹ Team(s) Geelong (1937–41)
- 71 games, 137 goals
Melbourne (1942)
- 2 games, 3 goals
Total – 73 Games, 140 Goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1942 season Clyde Helmer (22 April 1916 – 24 April 1945) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong and Melbourne in the 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.
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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