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Key Facts

Full name
Clarence Hearn

Known as
Clarrie Hearn

Born
13 November 1905

Died
1 April 1981 (aged 75)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 23y 179d
Last game: 29y 298d

Height and weight
Height: 183 cm
Weight: 80 kg

Senior clubs
Essendon; Sandringham

Jumper numbers
Essendon: 4

Recruited from
Essendon (1936)

Clarrie Hearn

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
EssendonV/AFL1929-193592900.9842%12.25—6.752
SandringhamVFA19369131.44—————
Total1929-19361011031.02—————

Pre 1965 stats are for selected matches only

AFL: 3,538th player to appear, 2,679th most games played, 1,220th most goals kickedEssendon: 409th player to appear, 194th most games played, 96th most goals kicked

One of Essendon's most consistent players during an unsuccessful time for the club, Clarrie Hearn played 92 games and kicked 90 goals for the club between 1929 and 1935. He could play at the goalfront or across half back with equal facility, and was one of the quickest players in the league, emphasising that fact by winning the 1929 Stawell Gift. If he had a weakness, it was that his handling of the ball was sometimes slipshod, but his aerial work was excellent, and he kicked the ball superbly.

In 1934 Hearn represented the VFL against the VFA. The season after leaving Essendon he captain-coached Sandringham, but failed to get the side into the finals. He became a boundary umpire in 1937.¹

Author - John Devaney, with updates by Andrew Gigacz

Footnotes

1. The Melbourne Age, 7 April 1937. Link: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/205604850

Sources

Full Points Footy Publications

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.