Brian Clark (footballer, born 1943)

For other people with the same name, see Brian Clark (disambiguation).

Brian Clark
Personal information
Full name Brian Donald Clark[1]
Date of birth (1943-01-13)13 January 1943
Place of birth Bristol, England
Date of death 10 August 2010(2010-08-10) (aged 67)
Place of death Cardiff, Wales
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1967 Bristol City 195 (83)
1967–1968 Huddersfield Town 32 (11)
1968–1972 Cardiff City 182 (75)
1972–1973 AFC Bournemouth 30 (12)
1973–1975 Millwall 71 (17)
1975–1976 Cardiff City 21 (1)
1976–1979 Newport County 80 (18)
Total 611 (217)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Donald Clark (13 January 1943 – 10 August 2010) was an English professional footballer. He scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory for Cardiff City against Real Madrid in the first leg of the European Cup Winners Cup quarter-final in 1971.[3] Clark made sports history in England on 20 January 1974 when he became the first player ever in The Football League to score a goal on a Sunday. Clark accomplished the feat for Millwall F.C. in its 1–0 win over Fulham[4]

  1. ^ "Brian Clark". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  2. ^ Maurice Golesworth (1965). Soccer Who's Who. The Sportsmans Book Club.
  3. ^ "The Scoular Years". Cardiff City FC. 21 March 2013. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  4. ^ ""Historic Goal by Clark", by Robert Oxby, The Daily Telegraph (London), 21 January 1974, p.20 ("Brian Clark, the Millwall striker, brought himself a kind of immortality when he drove the ball into the Fulham net at 11:34 a.m. yesterday. This became the first goal to be socred in the Football League on a Sunday.")