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English footballer

Charlie Clark
Personal information
Full name Charles Clark
Date of birth 27 May 1917 (1917)
Place of birth Fleet, England
Date of death (aged 25)
Place of death French Tunisia
Height 5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.71 m)
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.

Personal life

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. He is buried at Beja War Cemetery.

Career statistics

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 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 14 6 1 0 15 6
Career total 21 6 0 0 21 6

References

  1. ^ Charlie Clark at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. ^ "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.


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