Willie Clarke (footballer)
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Clarke featured in the Taddy 'Prominent Footballers' cigarette card series in 1907 while playing for Bradford City | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Gibb Clark | ||
| Date of birth | 3 March 1878 | ||
| Place of birth | Mauchline, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1949 (aged 70–71) | ||
| Place of death | Tunbridge Wells, England | ||
| Position(s) | Outside-right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1896 | Kelburn | ||
| 1896–1897 | Crown Athletic | ||
| 1897–1900 | Third Lanark | 0 | (0) |
| 1898–1899 | → Arthurlie | ||
| 1899–1900 | → East Stirlingshire | ||
| 1900–1901 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | (3) |
| 1901–1905 | Aston Villa | 41 | (5) |
| 1905–1909 | Bradford City | 92 | (15) |
| 1909–1911 | Lincoln City | 35 | (1) |
| 1911–1912 | Croydon Common | ||
| Total | 188 | (24) | |
| International career | |||
| 1897 | Scotland Juniors | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
William Gibb Clarke (3 March 1878 – 1949) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a winger. Clarke was the first Black professional footballer to score in the English Football League, while playing for Aston Villa in December 1901. He was also the second Black player to represent Scotland, after Andrew Watson, by playing for the Scotland juniors side in 1897.