His brother, Cyril James Hindson (1912-), played in 106 games for the Brighton Football Club in the VFA from 1935-1940.
Identified as "unallotted", Hindson was granted a permit to play with St Kilda on 23 April 1930.
[9] Hindson was captain of St Kilda for part of the 1933 VFL season, after the playing coach broke his shoulder.
[10][11] Of the nineteen St Kilda men that participated (i.e, including the 19th man Tom Fogarty),[12][11] eleven were injured: Jack Anderson (leg), Stewart Anderson (knocked out), Roy Bence (concussion; twice), Doug Bourne (calf), Matt Cave (eye gash), Bill Downie (broken thumb), Jack George (ankle), Clarrie Hindson (broken ankle), Jack Holden (ankle), Bill Mohr (broken ribs), and Billy Roberts (concussion).
[11] The St Kilda President, Gallipoli veteran and naval war hero Commander Fred Arlington-Burke, who described St Kilda's 15-man victory as the greatest moral victory in the club's history, commissioned a silver "Badge of Courage" — bearing the inscription "St KILDA DEFEATED Nth MELBOURNE WITH 15 MEN MAY 27th 1933" — which was awarded to each of the players that took part in the match.