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Charlie Clark (English footballer)

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Charlie Clark
Personal information
Full name Charles Clark
Date of birth 27 May 1917 (1917)[1]
Place of birth Fleet, England[1]
Date of death (aged 25)[2]
Place of death French Tunisia
Height 5 ft 7+12 in (1.71 m)[3]
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1935–1938 Queens Park Rangers 6 (0)
1938–1939 Luton Town 15 (6)
Total 21 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Charles Clark (27 May 1917 – 1 March 1943) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Queens Park Rangers and Luton Town.[1]

Personal life

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Clark served as a lance sergeant in the Hampshire Regiment (later the Royal Hampshire Regiment) during the Second World War and died of wounds in Tunisia on 1 March 1943 while serving with the 2/4th Battalion of his regiment.[2][4] He is buried at Beja War Cemetery.[2]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Queens Park Rangers 1935–36 Third Division South[1] 1 0 0 0 1 0
1936–37 2 0 0 0 2 0
1937–38 3 0 0 0 0 0
QPR career total 6 0 0 0 6 0
Luton Town 1938–39 Second Division[1] 14 6 1 0 15 6
Career total 21 6 0 0 21 6

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Charlie Clark at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b c "Casualty Details: Charles Clark". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Queen's Park Rangers. Relying on old team". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xii – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Rippon, Anton (2011). Gas Masks for Goal Posts: Football in Britain During the Second World War. Cheltenham: The History Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-7524-7188-4.