Douglas Clark (rugby league)

Douglas Clark

Godfrey Phillips Cigarette card featuring Douglas Clark
Personal information
Nickname	Duggy, Dougie
Born	1891 Ellenborough, Cumberland, England
Died	1951
Playing information
Position	Prop, Second-row, Loose forward/Lock
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1909–27	Huddersfield	485	99
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Cumberland	31
	England	8
1911–20	Great Britain	3

Douglas "Duggy" Clark MM (born 1891 in Ellenborough, Cumberland, died 1951) was an English rugby league footballer, wrestler and World War I veteran. He played at Prop, Second-row, or Loose forward/Lock for Huddersfield, Cumberland, England and the Great Britain national side. Clark also served in World War I on the front line in France in 1917,^[1] earning the Military Medal for his deeds. He then returned to wrestling with great success, becoming World heavyweight champion.

Clarke scored a hat-trick of tries in his side's victory in the Championship final of 1913. Going on the 1914 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, he played for in the famous "Rorke's Drift Test" in Sydney when his side won with 11 men.^[2] Clark was a member of Fartown's "Team of all talents" which won all four cups in 1915.^[3]

After that Clark joined World War I and spent time in France.

By the time of his retirement from football in 1927 he had helped his club to three Challenge Cups and seven Yorkshire Cups.^[4] In 2005 he was inducted into the British Rugby League Hall of Fame.

References

1. ^ Collins, Tony (2006). Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain. UK: Taylor & Francis. p. 8. ISBN 041539614X, 9780415396141. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=J6nXcpxXzWsC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 15 February 2011. 
2. ^ "Kangaroos training for test". The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia): pp. 12. 1933-11-09. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R3kQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8JEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7325,1050126. Retrieved 2010-01-02. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ Ledger, John (2005-10-02). "Fartown legend Clark joins RL's Hall of Fame". Yorkshire Post (Europe Intelligence Wire). http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9746734_ITM. Retrieved 2010-01-02. 
4. ^ examiner.co.uk (2009-07-20). "Fartown rugby ace’s niece in memorabilia row". Huddersfield Daily Examiner (UK: Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales Limited). http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2009/07/20/fartown-rugby-ace-s-niece-in-memorabilia-row-86081-24191168/. Retrieved 2010-01-01. 

External links

• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
• International Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
• Douglas Clark at rugbyleaguehistory.co.uk
• Douglas Clark article at eraofthebiff.com
• Clark joins the Fame Academy (Oct 21 2005) The Huddersfield Daily Examiner
• Does Maryport care for Duggie? (19 Jun 2009) Times & Star

Persondata
Name	Clark, Douglas
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1891
Place of birth	Ellenborough, Cumberland
Date of death	1951
Place of death