Club Career
He began his football career playing in the local ACT competition for the Belconnen United Sharks and was an Australian Schoolboy Representative in 1985,1986 and 1987. While attending Hawker College, Clyde played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1986 and 1987.
In 1988 Clyde was graded by the Canberra Raiders, winning the club's rookie of the year award, and soon established himself as an indispensable player for the club. He played in three Grand finals and was the recipient of the prestigious Clive Churchill Medal for the Best and Fairest Player in the Grand Final twice – the only player in history to do so. Along with Brad Mackay he is one of only two players to win the Churchill medal whilst on a losing Grand Final side. He was also a member of Canberra's premiership winning sides of 1989 (also winning the club's player of the year award that year), In the 1989 post season he travelled with the Raiders to England for the 1989 World Club Challenge which was lost to Widnes. He played in a further grand final in 1994. At the end of the 1994 NSWRL season, he went on the 1994 Kangaroo tour. In a career spanning eleven seasons with the Raiders, Clyde scored 39 tries in a total of 178 games.
Clyde moved from the Raiders to the Bulldogs in 1999, playing with the team until 2000, scoring 8 tries.
English Super League club Leeds Rhinos signed Clyde on a two-year deal starting in 2001. He moved to the club alongside fellow Australians Brett Mullins and Tonie Carroll, finishing his playing career there.
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