Kevin Clarke (Irish footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Patrick Kevin Noel Clarke | ||
Date of birth | 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.[1]
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.[2] In season 1953-54 he joined Tunbridge Wells United
Clarke was capped twice by the Republic of Ireland national football team.[3] 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
[edit]- League of Ireland: 1
- Drumcondra F.C. 1947/48[citation needed]
- FAI Cup: 2
- Drumcondra F.C. 1943, 1946[citation needed]
- English Third Division (South)
- Swansea Town 1948-49[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "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 [2]
Categories:
- 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