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Geoff Clark was raised by his grandmother, Alice, in an Aboriginal community in western Victoria. He was a keen boxer, boxing in Jimmy Sharman's tent when it came to Warrnambool. At age 20 he moved to Western Australia and until he was 26 he worked as a builder's labourer and as a gardener and played football for WAFL clubs Claremont and Subiaco. Geoff also represented Norwood in the SANFL for 2 games in 1978.
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