Harry Clarke (footballer born 1923)

Football player infobox
playername=Harry Clarke


fullname=Henry Alfred Clarke
dateofbirth=birth date|1923|2|23|
cityofbirth=Woodford
countryofbirth=England
dateofdeath=2000
cityofdeath=
countryofdeath=
position=Full back
years=?–?
1949–1956
clubs=Lovells Athletic
Tottenham Hotspur

caps(goals)=0? 0 (?)
0295 0 (4)

nationalyears=1954
nationalteam=England
nationalcaps(goals)=001 0 (0)

Harry Clarke (born 23 February 1923 in Woodford–died 2000) was a professional footballer who spent his entire senior career at Tottenham Hotspur. He also represented England on one occasion. [ [http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=230 England stats] Retrieved 27 September 2008] [Hugman, B, J, (Ed)"The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005" (2005) p122 ISBN 1852916656 Retrieved 27 September 2008]

Football career

Clarke joined Spurs in March 1949 from Lovells Athletic. He played a total of 322 matches at full back and netting four goals in all competitions between 1949–56. A cornerstone of the push and run side of the early 1950s when he featured in all 42 matches of the Championship winning side of 1950–51. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/players/spurs-postwarwinners.html The Championship winning players 1950-51] Retrieved 27 September 2008] . After retiring from competitive football, Clarke joined the club's coaching staff.

Exterior links

* [http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/history_azofplayers.html A-Z of Tottenham Hotspur players]
* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/harryclarke.htm Fact file]

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