[5] Once he started playing rugby league at school, his mother asked him to make a decision to choose between the codes due to the cost.

He began his football career playing in the local ACT competition for the Belconnen United Sharks and was an Australian Schoolboy Representative in 1985,1986 and 1987.

Along with Brad Mackay (St George in 1993), Daly Cherry-Evans (Manly in 2013), and Jack Wighton (Canberra in 2019), he is also one of only four players to win the Clive Churchill Medal whilst on a losing Grand Final side (1991).

Clyde's 1990 season ended when he tore his anterior cruciate ligament in a Round 20 match against the Eastern Suburbs Roosters at Henson Park.

This proved to be a double whammy for Clyde as it caused him to not only miss Canberra's 18–14 win over the Penrith Panthers in the Grand Final, but his injury meant his unavailability for the 1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France for which he would otherwise have been considered a certain selection.

[7] Clyde moved from the Raiders to the Bulldogs in 1999, playing with the Belmore (Sydney) based club and scoring 8 tries in 36 games.

[8] He moved to the club alongside fellow Australians Brett Mullins and Tonie Carroll, finishing his playing career there.

[11] He was also selected to play at lock for Australia in the 1992 Rugby League World Cup final at London's Wembley Stadium following the 1992 NSWRL season.

Although Australia retained its World Champions crown with a 10–6 win over Great Britain, Clyde had an unhappy game after dislocating his shoulder midway through the second half.