Full name Matthew Clape Name Matt Clape | Years Club Height/Weight 187 cm / 86 kg | |
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Date of birth (1969-05-28) 28 May 1969 (age 46) 1992–1994
1995–1998
Total West Coast Eagles
Carlton Role Australian Rules Footballer | ||
Original team East Perth Football Club | ||
Walsh presented with first guernsey
Matt Clape (born 28 May 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and West Coast in the Australian Football League.
Clape got his first chance at AFL football with the West Coast Eagles as a half back flanker but was delisted after three seasons. He was given a second chance by Carlton when they picked him in the 1995 AFL Pre-Season Draft.
In the club's premiership season of 1995, Clape featured prominently. Pushed up forward he kicked 7 straight goals and gathered 17 possessions in a round 15 game against Adelaide at Optus Oval. He played in the Grand Final and starred with 19 disposals. At the end of the year he had kicked 31 goals.
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