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 information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles Clark | ||
| Date of birth | 27 May 1917[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Fleet, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | (aged 25)[2] | ||
| Place of death | French Tunisia | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7+1⁄2 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 | |||
Personal life edit
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 edit
| 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 edit
- ^ a b c d e Charlie Clark at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ a b c "Casualty Details: Charles Clark". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Queen's Park Rangers. Relying on old team". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xii – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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.
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