Memorial Card for Australian VFL Essendon Footballer & Coach Jack Clarke (1933-2001) - Signed & Inscribed by His Olympian Brother Ron Clarke [Signed]

Clarke, Jack & Ron Clarke

Verlag: No Publisher, No Place, 2001

Beschreibung

Memorial Card for Australian VFL Essendon footballer & coach Jack Clarke (1933-2001) - SIGNED & INSCRIBED by his Olympian brother Ron Clarke (1937-2015). The memorial card features a b&w photograph action shot of Jack Clarke in Victorian football jumper on the front with "Jack Clarke - 'The heart of a hero' - 14-7-1933 - 3-12-2001" printed below. Inside verso contains 4 small b&w photographs of the two brothers, Jack & Ron, as children (x3) & adults (x1). Opposite is printed with "Thanks for your condolences". On this page, nine days following his brother's death, Jack Clarke's brother Ron Clarke has handwritten a nice warm sentiment in black ink & signed below. The inscription reads, in full: "12 Dec '01. Dear Evan & Judith, Thank you very much for your very kind note - it was appreciated. It certainly has been a tough few weeks, and extremely difficult to realise that Jack has gone - it seemed such a short time ago we were training together & talking about his loves - the world's 70+ (?) champ in a couple of years. Hope you and your family are all well. Best wishes for the new year. Helen & Ron" (Helen was Ron's wife). Verso (back of card) is blank. "Jack E. Clarke was an Australian rules footballer and coach in the VFL. An Essendon and Victorian champion, Clarke was one of the premier midfielders of the VFL for well over a decade, Clarke led Essendon to the flag in 1962 as captain, and also played in the victorious 1965 side. Clarke was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996, and was named as the centreman of the Essendon Team of the Century in 1997. In 2002 an Essendon panel ranked him at 8 in their Champions of Essendon list of the 25 greatest players ever to have played for Essendon." His Olympian brother Ron Clarke, "was an Australian athlete, writer, and Mayor of the Gold Coast from 2004 to 2012. He was one of the best-known middle- and long-distance runners in the 1960s, notable for setting seventeen world records. In 1956, when Clarke was still a promising 19-year-old, he was chosen to light the Olympic Flame in the Melbourne Cricket Ground during the opening ceremonies of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne". Small card in NEAR FINE condition (with small pin hole to fold). A nice association between legendary Australian sporting brothers with good content. RARE & UNIQUE. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 028001

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Memorial Card for Australian VFL Essendon ...

Verlag: No Publisher, No Place

Erscheinungsdatum: 2001

Einband: Unbound

Zustand: Near Fine

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)