Clinton Wines

Clinton Wines
Personal information
Full name	Clinton Bligh Wines
Date of birth	2 May 1922
Date of death	23 October 2006 (aged 84)
Original team(s)	South Warrnambool
Height/Weight	179 cm / 80 kg
Position(s)	Centreman/Forward
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1945-1946	Carlton	39 (10)
^1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1946 season.

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.

References

• Clinton Wines's statistics from AFL Tables
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.