- Clem Michael
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Clem Michael Personal information Birth 16 July 1976 Recruited from South Fremantle (WAFL) Height and weight 192cm / 98kg Playing career¹ Debut Round 1, 29 March 1998, Fremantle v.
Melbourne, at MCGTeam(s) Fremantle (1998-2000)
43 games, 11 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season Career highlights - 1999 Fremantle Football Club Beacon Award
- 1997 South Fremantle Football Club WAFL Premiership
Clem Anthony Michael is a former Australian Rules football player in the Australian Football League for the Fremantle Football Club from 1998 to 2000. The son of WAFL legend Stephen Michael, Clem was drafted by Fremantle in the 1997 National Draft with selection 21 after playing a key role in South Fremantle's 1997 WAFL Premiership side.
After 43 games over 3 seasons, Michael's career was cut short by a serious knee injury, which caused him to retire at the end of the 2001 season. He had an experimental surgery on the knee, in which new cartilage was grown in Scandinavia from a culture of his own cartilage.[1] He remained on Fremantle's list for the 2002 season, and returned to train with South Fremantle but never played football again.
Legal Action
After first indicating that legal action could be raised in 2002,[2] Michael filed an action against the Fremantle Football Club doctor Ken Withers in January 2006 claiming that inappropriate medical treatment caused a permanent loss of function of the left knee and continued pain and disability.[3] The case is to be heard in the Fremantle District Court. The main claim for negligence surrounds the treatment received following a fall in the Round 4, 2000 game against Richmond which tore the left posterior cruciate ligament. Michael missed the following two matches before playing the remaining 16 matches in the season with the assistance of local anaesthesia and hydrocortisone injections. Michael claims that these injections were excessive and have resulted in permanent loss of function of the left knee.
References
- ^ Reilly, S: "Windy Hill linked to Michael comeback", The Age. 22 June 2002
- ^ O'Donoghue, C:"Ruckman plans to sue Fremantle", The Age. 24 August 2002
- ^ Wilson, R and Gibson, R: "Former Freo star sues over pain-killer use", The West Australian. 6 Jan 2006
External links
- Clem Michael's profile on the Official AFL Website of the Fremantle Football Club
- Clem Michael's statistics from AFL Tables
1997 AFL Draft 1. Travis Johnstone • 2. Brad Ottens • 3. Trent Croad • 4. Mark Bolton • 5. Luke Power • 6. James Walker • 7. Kris Massie • 8. Chris Tarrant • 9. Chad Cornes • 10. Shane O'Bree • 11. Jason Saddington • 12. Jaxon Crabb • 13. Callum Chambers • 14. Shannon Watt • 15. Joel McKay • 16. Ben Walton • 17. Lance Picioane • 18. Mark Alvey • 19. Chris Obst • 20. Dean Solomon • 21. Clem Michael • 22. Troy Longmuir • 23. Adam Chatfield • 24. James Wasley • 25. Nick Stevens • 26. Brodie Holland • 27. Brad Stephens • 28. Rowan Jones • 29. Marc Woolnough • 30. Paul McMahon • 31. Simon Black • 32. Troy Johnson • 33. James Thiessen • 34. Andrew Williams • 35. Marcus Baldwin • 36. Judd Lalich • 37. Todd Holmes • 38. James Rahilly • 39. Matthew Blake • 40. Fred Campbell • 41. Danny Morton • 42. Matthew Dennis • 43. Adam Goodes • 44. David Antonowicz • 45. Matthew Scarlett • 46. Joshua Robertson • 47. Robert Stevenson • 48. Ben Thompson • 49. Ian Perrie • 50. Luke Ottens • 51. Scott Ralph • 52. Jordan Doering • 53. Lionel Proctor • 54. Justin Wood • 55. Craig Black • 56. Ben Kinnear • 57. Darren Fraser • 58. Marcus Picken • 59. Brett Rose • 60. Phillip Read • 61. Tim Finocchiaro • 62. Dion Miles • 63. Anthony Aloi • 64. Sam Cranage • 65. Linden Stevens • 66. Nathan Brown • 67. Brad Lloyd • 68. Simon Eastaugh • 69. Paul Greenham • 70. Trent Hoppner • 71. Andrew Kellaway • 73. Beau McDonald • 74. Paul Digiovine • 75. Brent Cowell • 77. Guy Rigoni • 78. Richie Vandenberg • 80. John Hynes • 81. Troy Kirwen • 82. Nathan Thompson • 83. Ben Thompson • 84. Frank Raso • 85. Hayden Burgiel • 86. Scott WhistonCategories:- Fremantle Football Club players
- South Fremantle Football Club players
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
- Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
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