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Harry
Clarke |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 4:
A 2
100% successful
1954
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Henry Alfred Clarke |
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Birth |
23 February 1923 in
Woodford Green, Essex [registered in
West Ham, March 1923].
To Henry Richard and Winifred Anne
(née Walker) |
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Marriage |
to Eunice Evelyn
Tanner on 2 April 1951 in Newport Register Office, Newport,
Monmouthshire [registered in
Newport, June 1951]. Eunice died 11 January 1994 |
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Death |
16 April 2000 in
Romford, Essex, aged
77 years 53 days
[registered in Havering, April 2000]. |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
Played schoolboy football
in Woodford and junior level in Woodford Green. Played with the RAF during
his wartime service, representing his command. After the war, he was
turning out for Lovell's Point FC until Tottenham Hotspur FC signed him
for £1000 in March 1949. He remained for a decade,
making 295 league appearances, scoring four
goals, before returning to Wales who became the player-manager at
Llanelly FC in February 1959 until his retirement in 1962. |
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Club honours |
Welsh League winners
1945-46, 1946-47; Welsh Cup winners
1947-48; Football League Division Two
winners 1949-50; Football League
Champions 1950-51; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
6'
3", 12st.
8lbs [1954]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Management Career |
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Club(s) |
His first taste of
management came came at Llanelly FC in February 1959 as player-manager. He
took over at Romford FC in March 1962 for a long spell. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of four
who became the 727th
players (729)
to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-half |
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Only match |
No. 285,
3 April 1954,
Scotland 2 England
4, a British
Championship and World Cup qualification match at Hampden Park, Mount
Florida, Glasgow, aged 31 years
39 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1953-54; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1953-54; |
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Individual honours |
England B
(one appearance, 1954) |
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Distinctions |
Died two days after Wilf
Mannion |
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Beyond England |
|
No additional information. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.66. |
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Harry Clarke - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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5 |
1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
none |
|
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Harry Clarke
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
|
Away
-
BC/WCP |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Harry Clarke
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
British Championship Competition/
World Cup Preliminary Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC/WCP 1953-54 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC/WCP
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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All Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC/WCP |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Harry Clarke
- Match History
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Club: Tottenham
Hotspur F.C. -
one full appearance
(90 min) |
manager: Walter Winterbottom - one full appearance
(90 min)x
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Age 31 |
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1 |
b |
24 March 1954 - West Germany 0 England 4,
Glückauf Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen |
Fr |
AW |
Start |
5 |
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1 |
285 |
3 April 1954 -
Scotland 2 England
4,
Hampden Park, Glasgow |
BC/
WCP |
AW |
Start |
5 |
|
286 |
16 May 1954 - Yugoslavia 1 England 0,
Stadion
JNA,
Beograd |
tour |
AL |
withdrawn
squad member |
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b |
16 May 1954 - Yugoslavia 2 England 1,
Centralni Stadion, Ljubljana |
AL |
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287 |
23 May 1954 - Hungary 7
England 1,
Népstadion,
Budapest |
AL |
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b |
23 May 1954 - Switzerland 2 England 0,
St. Jakob Park, Basel |
AL |
Notes
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