Harry Clarke (footballer, born 1923)

Harry Clarke
Personal information
Full name Henry Alfred Clarke
Date of birth (1923-02-23)23 February 1923
Place of birth Woodford, England
Date of death 16 April 2000(2000-04-16) (aged 77)
Position Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945-1949 Lovell's Athletic
1949–1956 Tottenham Hotspur 295 (4)
International career
1954 England 1 (0)
Managerial career
1959-62 Llanelli
1962-74 Romford
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Alfred Clarke (23 February 1923 – 16 April 2000) was a professional footballer who spent his entire senior career at Tottenham Hotspur. He also represented England on one occasion.[1][2]

Football career

Clarke played with the RAF during his war service, and found work at the Lovell's confectionary factory in Newport after the war. He became a key figure in the factory's works team, Lovell's Athletic, playing in the 1947-48 season when the club did the Welsh League and Welsh Cup 'double'. At the end of this season the club applied to join the Football League but were unsuccessful. Had Lovell's Athletic joined the Football League, maybe they could have held onto Clarke whose reputation had now grown to attract First Division sides. [3]

joined Spurs in March 1949 from Lovells Athletic. He played a total of 322 matches at centre half and netting four goals in all competitions between 1949 and 1956. 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.[4] After retiring from competitive football, Clarke joined the club's coaching staff.

Clarke made his only appearance for England on 4 April 1954, against Scotland at Hampden Park in the 1953–54 British Home Championship. The match also served as a 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification tie.

Clarke later managed Llanelli (1959-62) and Romford (1962-74).[5]

References

  1. ^ England stats Retrieved 27 September 2008
  2. ^ Hugman, B, J, (Ed)The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005 (2005) p122 ISBN 1-85291-665-6 Retrieved 27 September 2008
  3. ^ Rutherford, Andy (27 May 2019). "Lovell's Athletic - the story of Newport's lost football club". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  4. ^ The Championship winning players 1950–51 Retrieved 27 September 2008
  5. ^ The official centenary history of the Southern League. Paper Plane Publishing Ltd. 1993. p. 147. ISBN 1871872081.


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