Bruce Clarke (soccer)

Bruce Clarke
Personal information
Full name Bruce Mitchell Clarke[1]
Date of birth (1910-10-04)4 October 1910
Place of birth Johannesburg, South Africa
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Right half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Hillside Juniors
1928 Montrose
1928–1934 Third Lanark 112 (13)
1934–1938 Fulham 112 (1)
Worcester City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bruce Mitchell Clarke (born 4 October 1910, date of death unknown)[3] was a football player who played as a right half for Fulham in the Football League.[1] He also played in England for Worcester City and in Scotland for Hillside Juniors, Montrose and Third Lanark[1] (where he won the Scottish Division Two title in 1930–31 and was selected for two editions of the Glasgow Football Association's annual challenge match against Sheffield.)[4][5][6]

Clarke's grandson Chad Perris is an international para-athlete for Australia.

  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. p. 54. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  2. ^ "Fulham. Cox is just what Fulham needed". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. vi – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ White, Alex (31 August 2012). The Fulham FC Miscellany. Stroud: The History Press. ISBN 978-0752490571.
  4. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ Glasgow Well Beaten in Inter-City Match Archived 14 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, The Glasgow Herald, 17 September 1929 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)
  6. ^ Sheffield Defeats Glasgow Archived 14 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, The Glasgow Herald, 15 September 1931 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)