Clarrie Hindson

Clarence Melville Hindson (6 October 1907 – 12 February 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family The son of Charles Melville Hindson (1882–1947), and Mary Winifred Hindson (1887–1974), née McMahon, Clarence Melville Hindson was born at Wychitella, Victoria on 6 October 1907. His brother, Cyril James Hindson (1912-), played in 106 games for the Brighton Football Club in the VFA from 1935 to 1940.

He married Dulcie May Barker (1914–1982) in 1936.

Cricket He played Sub-District cricket with the Brighton Cricket Club in the 1930–31 season.

Football He was recruited from the Brighton Vale Football Club in the C-Section of the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA). Identified as "unallotted", Hindson was granted a permit to play with St Kilda on 23 April 1930.

St Kilda (VFL) Hindson was captain of St Kilda for part of the 1933 VFL season, after the playing coach broke his shoulder. He didn't captain the club the following year but was in charge for the entire 1935 season.

27 May 1933 In his last senior match of St Kilda, Hindson was one of those injured in the infamous and brutal match against North Melbourne, at the Junction Oval, on 27 May 1933 which was stopped at one stage because a wild brawl instigated by the North Melbourne players had erupted in the centre in which (at that time winless in 1933) St Kilda, with only 15 men still on the field, defeated North Melbourne 13.19 (97) to 11.17 (83).

Of the nineteen St Kilda men that participated (i.e, including the 19th man Tom Fogarty),

Military service He would later serve with the Australian Army in World War II.

Death He died at Tewantin, Queensland on 12 February 2002.