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Alex Clarke (netball)

Australian netball player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ4716829 ↗
Source-derived summary

Alex Clarke (née Hodge; born 30 September 1977) is an Australian retired netball player. Clarke was a member of the Australian national team that won gold at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England. Domestically, she played 113 matches over 11 years in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, playing for the Adelaide Thunderbirds, Queensland Firebirds and Sydney Sandpipers. Clarke also played for the Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship. After the 2008 season, Clarke announced her retirement from netball.

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The public source identifies “Alex Clarke (netball)” as australian netball player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Alex, Clarke and netball.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1977, 2002, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1977-09-30. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Alex, Clarke and netball providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Alex Clarke (netball)”, the useful work is to connect “australian netball player” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4716829. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1977, 2002 and 2008.

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This entry incorporates text from “Alex Clarke (netball)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.