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Clarence Alexander Lonsdale (13 September 1906 – 6 December 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Clarrie was born in Berrigan, New South Wales but was schooled in Henty, New South Wales. He family moved to Cheltenham when he was a teenager.
Clarrie played for Cheltenham in the Federal Association for four years before getting recruited by Hawthorn.
While at Cheltenham he played mainly as a full forward and on one occasion kicked 100 goals in the season. He played in the 1925 premiership.
Moving to Hawthorn, he was mainly played on the half back line, his ability to take strong overhead marks was a feature of his game. He hurt his knee against Essendon in 1929 and returned to Cheltenham. Played for Cheltenham in 1930 and 31 he had two games on permit with the Mayblooms in 1931. Returning to Hawthorn in 1932, Lonsdale was the fifth player to play one hundred games.
After playing in the first 3 rounds of 1937, Lonsdale requested and received a clearance to Darling in the Federal League, he helped Darling win the flag.