Roy Clarke (soccer player)
Roy Clarke | ||
Personnel | ||
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Surname | Royston James Clarke | |
birthday | June 1, 1925 | |
place of birth | Newport , Wales | |
date of death | March 13, 2006 | |
Place of death | Sale , England | |
position | Winger | |
Juniors | ||
Years | station | |
-1942 | Albion Rovers | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
1942-1947 | Cardiff City | 39 (11) |
1947-1958 | Manchester City | 349 (73) |
1958-1959 | Stockport County | 25 | (5)
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
1948-1956 | Wales | 22 | (5)
Stations as a trainer | ||
Years | station | |
1963-1964 | Northwich Victoria | |
1 Only league games are given. |
Royston James Clarke (born June 1, 1925 in Newport , † March 13, 2006 in Sale ) was a Welsh football player who played for Cardiff City , Manchester City , Stockport County and the Welsh national team as a winger .
Clarke worked as a miner and went into amateur football. He signed a contract with Cardiff City in 1942 and became a professional footballer after the war . After he achieved promotion to Division Three (South) with Cardiff City in 1946/47 , he signed a contract with the second division club Manchester City in May 1947. Cardiff received £ 12,000 as a transfer fee .
Clarke was a regular for decades and completed a total of 349 games. In 1958, Clarke moved to Stockport County and was later briefly manager of Northwich Victoria . After retiring as a professional footballer, he ran a sports shop and then returned to Manchester City, where he ran a social club for nearly 25 years. He died in 2006 after a long illness of Alzheimer's .
Web links
- City legend dies ( Memento from November 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- "Stuart Pearce tribute to ex-City great Clarke" . South Wales Argus. As of July 10, 2012
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Clarke, Roy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clarke, Royston James (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | welsh football player |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1925 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Newport , Wales |
DATE OF DEATH | March 13, 2006 |
Place of death | Sale , England |