Alistair Clarkson quizzed by cops after helping himself to discarded bricks

Four-time premiership coach Alastair Clarkson has been quizzed by police after helping himself to bluestone bricks from an Albert Park kerb.

The curious officers quizzed four-time premiership coach and ‘keen gardener’ Alistair Clarkson over his hard rubbish scavenging. Picture: David Crosling

AFL coaching legend Alastair Clarkson was quizzed by police as he helped himself to some bluestone bricks in Albert Park last week.

Two curious coppers asked why the four-time premiership coach was loading the building materials into his vehicle on swanky St Vincent Place last Thursday.

Clarko told the PoPo he was a “keen gardener” and “currently unemployed.”

Gardening leave more like it!

The ex-Hawthorn coach is the hottest property in the AFL with clubs lining up to hire him whenever he decides to make a return.

Former Hawthorn Coach Alastair Clarkson repairing fences during the bushfires.

It seems the two police women who were quizzing Clarko didn’t realise who they were dealing with until a male officer later recognised one of footy’s most familiar faces.

To be fair to Clarko, picking up a bit of hard rubbish from the kerb in the affluent ‘burbs is hardly out of bounds, its dinky di the Aussie way.

We went to the much-loved coach who happily explained the situation.

“I was grabbing some broken bluestone that I believed had been dug up and abandoned from a roadwork site,” Clarkson told Page 13 on Friday.

“The police stopped to check what I was doing. They have confirmed they have no issue with my conduct.”

The last time Clarko was seen getting his hands dirty at the roadside was when he was a volunteer in country Victoria doing a bit of fence repair during the bushfires.

The master coach has always been a straight shooter.