14 Facts About Clive Waterhouse

Clive Waterhouse played in the Australian Football League for the Fremantle Football Club as a half-forward flanker.

Clive Waterhouse was invited to play Under 19s with powerhouse club Port Adelaide and after an outstanding season for Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League, including being a member of the 1995 premiership team was the number 1 pick in the 1995 AFL Draft.

Clive Waterhouse made his AFL debut in round 3,1996, against the reigning premiers Carlton.

Clive Waterhouse was quiet, with only two kicks, but did manage a goal.

Clive Waterhouse vacillated between the Dockers and Swan Districts for the remainder of the year, finishing with 11 AFL games for nine goals, though he did kick nine goals against South Fremantle in the twelfth WAFL round.

Modra and Clive Waterhouse would make a dangerous pairing for the following two seasons, combining for over 100 goals each year.

Clive Waterhouse played all bar one game and finished third in the best and fairest award in those two seasons before injuries took their toll from 2001 onwards.

Clive Waterhouse represented Australia in the International rules series against Ireland in 1999.

Clive Waterhouse made his return to AFL football in round 4,2003, but he couldn't recapture his form from 1999 or 2000 and was dropped after kicking only seven goals from eight games.

However, Clive Waterhouse was named to play in the first game of 2004 to reach the milestone.

Clive Waterhouse played a further six games in 2004 for seven goals before being delisted at the end of the season.

Clive Waterhouse then returned to Adelaide in 2005, where he continued to play football, rejoining Port Adelaide in the SANFL and becoming the team's leading goalscorer for 2005 with 71 goals.

In 2007, Clive Waterhouse again injured his anterior cruciate ligament while playing in the SANFL.

Clive Waterhouse retired with 178 goals, a club record until Matthew Pavlich surpassed this in 2006.