Dr Tony Clarkson AM (13 August 1939 – 25 January 2011) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).[1]

Following his football career, Clarkson became a highly regarded name in medicine as a founding director of the Renal Unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and president of the Medical Board of South Australia.[2] In The Queen's Birthday 2004 Honours List, he was awarded Member of the Order of Australia "For service to renal medicine, particularly as a contributor to the advancement of the specialty of nephrology in the Asia-Pacific region through clinical research, teaching and professional organisations, and to the community."[3]

Notes

  1. ^ John, Devaney. "Tony Clarkson". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Obituaries: Tributes to three of our finest". News Corp. The Advertiser. 9 April 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Dr Anthony Russell CLARKSON". Australian Honours Search Facility. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 3 April 2020.


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