Charlie Clark (English footballer)

Charlie Clark
Personal information
Full name	Charles Clark
Date of birth	27 May 1917
Place of birth	Fleet, England
Date of death	1 March 1943 (aged 25)
Place of death	French Tunisia
Height	5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.71 m)
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
1935–1938	Queens Park Rangers
1938–1939	Luton Town
Total
	*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.^[1]

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.^[2]^[4] He is buried at Beja War Cemetery.^[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	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

^ ^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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[ENFA-1] Charlie Clark at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

[CWGC-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.

[GMFGP-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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