Personal information | |||
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Full name | Norman Samson Clarke[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 April 1942 | ||
Place of birth | Ballymena, Northern Ireland | ||
Position(s) | Outside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1958–1962 | Ballymena United | ||
1962–1966 | Sunderland | 4 | (0) |
1966–1969 | Ballymena United | ||
International career | |||
1959–1961 | Northern Ireland Amateurs | 6 | (0) |
1960–1961 | Irish League XI | 2 | |
1962–1963 | Northern Ireland U23 | 2 | |
Managerial career | |||
1966–1967 | Ballymena United (caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Norman Samson Clarke (born 1 April 1942) is a Northern Irish retired footballer, best remembered for his two spells as an outside left in the Irish League with Ballymena United.[1][2] He also served the club as caretaker manager during the 1966–67 season.[3] Clarke's Ballymena United spells were bisected by four years with Football League club Sunderland, where an anterior cruciate ligament injury ended his full-time career.[4]
Following the end of his second spell with Ballymena United, Clarke returned to Sunderland and worked for an electronics firm.[4] He later moved to London and scouted for Liverpool.[4]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sunderland | 1962–63[5] | Second Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Career total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |