Full name Clinton Bligh Wines Years Club Date of birth 2 May 1922 Name Clinton Wines | Height/Weight 179 cm / 80 kg Died October 23, 2006 Position(s) Centreman/Forward | |
Date of death 23 October 2006(2006-10-23) (aged 84) Original team South Warrnambool Football Club | ||
Clinton Wines - Carlton Football Club Past Player
Clinton Wines (2 May 1922 – 23 October 2006) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the mid-1940s.
While at Carlton, Wines played as a centreman and it was in that position that he starred against Herbie Matthews in the 1945 VFL Grand Final win over South Melbourne. Wines, who was originally from South Warrnambool, had served with the 2/23rd Battalion in North Africa before joining Carlton.
The next stage of his career was spent in Sydney, where he had gone because his wife was home sick. He was signed up by Eastern Suburbs where he would play often as a forward, topping their goal-kicking twice, including an 81-goal season in 1949. On one occasion, in 1950, he kicked 19 goals in a match against Illawarra. Wines also captain-coached Eastern Suburbs for a time and captained NSW at interstate football.