fullname heightweight death_date years clubs position statsend originalteam birth_date article_title name
clinton bligh wines 179 cm / 80 kg 23 october 2006 1945-1946 carlton centreman/forward 1946 south warrnambool 2 may 1922 clinton wines
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clinton wines

clinton wines -lrb- 2 may 1922 -- 23 october 2006 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played with carlton in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- 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 .
