He missed only six games in the four seasons between 1970 and 1974,[citation needed] and made a total of 472 first team appearances for QPR during his fourteen year career at the club.
Doctors feared that the injury was serious enough to end his career, although in an interview in early 1982, Clement stated that he hoped to continue playing for a few more years.
The official verdict at the coroner's inquest into Clement's death stated that a combination of his worries about his football career and the fact that he thought he was suffering from cancer caused him to take his own life.
His younger son Neil, who was only three years old at the time of his father's death, later became a professional footballer himself and spent the majority of his career playing for West Bromwich Albion.
[3] His elder son Paul became a noted football coach who worked with Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, and was formerly manager at Swansea City, Reading and Derby County.