Xavier Clarke (born 28 September 1983) is an Indigenous Australian rules football player in the Australian Football League (AFL). Formerly playing for St Kilda, at the send of the 2009 season he was traded to the Brisbane Lions.
Clarke has Indigenous Australian heritage and his ancestry can be traced to the Gambalang, a Northern Territory tribe.
Clarke was selected by St Kilda with the fifth overall pick in the 2001 AFL National Draft. He played ...
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Xavier Clarke (born 28 September 1983) is an Indigenous Australian rules football player in the Australian Football League (AFL). Formerly playing for St Kilda, at the send of the 2009 season he was traded to the Brisbane Lions.
Clarke has Indigenous Australian heritage and his ancestry can be traced to the Gambalang, a Northern Territory tribe.
Clarke was selected by St Kilda with the fifth overall pick in the 2001 AFL National Draft. He played 57 games during his first three seasons as a Saints player. In the 2005 season, however, he struggled in form and his season was ended early when he injured his hamstring in the Round 17 game against Collingwood.
Originally, Clarke wore the Number 20 guernsey. When former St Kilda champion Nathan Burke retired in 2003 he awarded Clarke his Number 3 guernsey.
Clarke's brother Raphael plays for St Kilda. Following the 2009 season a deal was made to send Clarke to Brisbane for Pick 60 in the National Draft.
Clarke played his first and only game...
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