title: Simon Clark (Australian footballer)
text: # Simon Clark (Australian footballer)
  
  Simon Clark (born 16 February 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
  
  ## Career
  
  Clark was a ruckman, recruited to Richmond from Notting Hill. He made 27 league appearances for Richmond, 12 in 1986, 11 in 1987 and four in 1988.
  
  Following his career at Richmond, Clark played for Springvale in the Victorian Football Association, later the Victorian Football League. He made an immediate impression at Springvale in 1989, with a best and fairest and fourth placing in the J. J. Liston Trophy. In the 1992 VFA season he finished equal second behind Joe Rugolo in the Liston Trophy, then in 1993 was equal third. He was a member of Springvale's 1995 premiership team, in the final season of VFA football and would be involved in three further premierships. By the time he retired, his 203 games for Springvale was a club record.
  
  ## Honours
  
  The Casey Scorpions, as Springvale are now known, named their best and fairest award the Gardner Clark Medal, after Clark and 1960s player Ian Gardner.
  
  