| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Norman Samson Clarke | ||
| Date of birth | (1942-04-01) 1 April 1942 (age 82) | ||
| Place of birth | Ballymena, Northern Ireland | ||
| Position(s) | Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1962 | Ballymena United | ||
| 1962–1966 | Sunderland | 4 | (0) |
| 1966–1969 | Ballymena United | ||
| International career | |||
| 1959–1961 | Northern Ireland Amateurs | 6 | (0) |
| 1960–1961 | Irish League XI | 2 | |
| 1962–1963 | Northern Ireland U23 | 2 | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1966–1967 | Ballymena United (caretaker) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Norman Samson Clarke (born 1 April 1942) is a Northern Irish retired footballer, best remembered for his two spells as an outside left in the Irish League with Ballymena United. He also served the club as caretaker manager during the 1966–67 season. Clarke's Ballymena United spells were bisected by four years with Football League club Sunderland, where an anterior cruciate ligament injury ended his full-time career.
Personal life
Following the end of his second spell with Ballymena United, Clarke returned to Sunderland and worked for an electronics firm. He later moved to London and scouted for Liverpool.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sunderland | 1962–63 | Second Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Career total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
References
- ^ "Norman Clarke". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- "Norman Clarke". nifootball.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- "Norman Clarke | Manager Statistics | Ballymena United". Ballymena United Archive. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ Little, Ivan. "NI footie star of Sixties laments what money has done to the beautiful game". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- "Norman Clarke". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
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