Personal information | |||
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Full name | Patrick Kevin Noel Clarke | ||
Date of birth | (1921-12-03)3 December 1921 | ||
Place of birth | Santry, Ireland | ||
Date of death | November 1990 (aged 68) | ||
Place of death | Gravesend, England | ||
Position(s) | Half back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Drumcondra | |||
1948–1952 | Swansea Town | 10 | |
Gravesend and Northfleet | |||
International career | |||
League of Ireland XI | 6 | ||
1948 | Republic of Ireland | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kevin Clarke (3 December 1921 – November 1990) was a Dublin born former Irish soccer player.
He played for Drumcondra F.C. at club level where he won the FAI Cup twice. He then transferred to Swansea Town in November 1948. In season 1953-54 he joined Tunbridge Wells United
Clarke was capped twice by the Republic of Ireland national football team. He made his debut on 23 May 1948, in a 2–0 defeat to Portugal in a friendly international played in Lisbon. He played his only other senior international a week later in Barcelona, when Ireland were beaten 2-1 by Spain in another friendly international.
While with Drums he represented the League of Ireland six times.
Honours
- League of Ireland: 1
- Drumcondra F.C. 1947/48
- FAI Cup: 2
- Drumcondra F.C. 1943, 1946
- English Third Division (South)
- Swansea Town 1948-49
References
- "Kevin Clarke". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- "SWANSEA CITY : 1946/47 - 2011/12". www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- Kevin Clarke at National-Football-Teams.com
- Sources
- The Complete Who's Who of Irish International Football, 1945-96 (1996):Stephen McGarrigle
- 1921 births
- 1990 deaths
- Association footballers from Dublin (city)
- Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
- Republic of Ireland men's international footballers
- Ireland (FAI) men's international footballers
- League of Ireland players
- Drumcondra F.C. players
- Tunbridge Wells F.C. players
- Swansea City A.F.C. players
- English Football League players
- League of Ireland XI players
- Men's association football midfielders
- 20th-century Irish sportsmen