The son of Thomas Fisher (1885–1964),[2] and May Fisher (1887–1967), née Mardell,[3] Thomas Clement Fisher was born at South Melbourne, Victoria on 3 February 1908.
He was the older brother of St Kilda footballer Ron Fisher.[4]
In March 1929, "C. Fisher, 6 ft., 12 st, 7 lbs. Follower and half-back South Melbourne church team" was one of those training with South Melbourne in the VFL pre-season.[6]
In June 1932, Port Melbourne approached South Melbourne for a clearance "for Fisher, a former Port player, but [were told that] he had signed a clearance form to St. Kilda".[9] He was granted a clearance from South Melbourne to St Kilda on 22 June 1932.[10]
Although he appeared on St Kilda's final senior list in 1933,[11] he played with the Second XVIII for the entire season, including the Grand Final which St Kilda lost to Melbourne by a single point on 28 September 1933,[12][13] and did not play another VFL senior match.
In 1934, he applied for a clearance to Hawthorn, on the grounds that "it [was] easier for him to train at Hawthorn than [at] St. Kilda".[14]
Optometrist
A Fellow of the Victorian Optical Association, and practising as an "Ophthalmic Optician" in Middle Park at least as early as 1930,[15] Fisher was registered (on 13 August 1936) as soon as registration was available under the Victorian Opticians Registration Act 1935.[16]
Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN978-1-921496-32-5.
