Clinton Wolf

Clinton Wolf
Personal information
Date of birth	18 December 1968
Original team(s)	Claremont (WAFL)
Draft	Zone Selection, 1994 AFL Draft
Height/Weight	195cm / 99kg
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1991, 1993-1995 1995	Claremont Fremantle	52 (11) 04 0(0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1995 season.

Clinton Wolf (born 18 December 1968) is an Australian Aboriginal leader and former Australian rules footballer.

Football career

Wolf began his career with the Claremont Football Club in the West Australian Football League in 1991,^[1] playing in a premiership during his debut season. He missed the 1992 season due to work in Kalgoorlie,^[2] but despite a major knee reconstruction early in the season recovered to play in the 1993 Tiger premiership team.^[3] Continued solid form in 1994 saw Wolf make the inaugural squad of the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League. Wolf only played four matches for Fremantle in the 1995 AFL season before retiring due to recurring knee injuries.

Working life

As a lawyer, Wolf was the Executive Director of the Yamatji Land and Sea Council native title representative body from 1998 to 2001.^[4] He is currently Chief Executive Officer of the Western Desert Land Aboriginal Corporation.^[5]

He is, as of 2011, chairperson of the Western Australian Aboriginal Lands Trust.^[6]

External links

• Clinton Wolf's statistics from AFL Tables

References

1. WAFL Premiership Players 1931-2009
2. Stocks, Gary; “Wolf Too Tough for Bulldogs”; The West Australian, 5 July 1993, p. 66
3. Aboriginal Football: The Indigenous Game – West Australian Football League
4. Ritter, David (2004); 'Don’t Call Me Baby' Ten Years of the Yamatji Marlpa Land and Sea Council Native Title Representative Bodyl; Indigenous Law Bulletin
5. Bain, Di; Uranium mining tensions resurface; 29 July 2007
6. "Aboriginal Lands Trust - Members". State of Western Australia - Department of Indigenous Affairs. Retrieved 30 July 2011.