Kevin Clarke (Irish footballer)

Kevin Clarke

Personal information
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
Playing position	Half back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Drumcondra
1948-1952	Swansea Town	10
	Gravesend and Northfleet
National team
	League of Ireland XI	6
1948	Republic of Ireland	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

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

• League of Ireland: 1
  • Drumcondra F.C. 1947/48
• FAI Cup: 2
  • Drumcondra F.C. 1943, 1946
• English Third Division (South)
  • Swansea Town 1948-49

References

1. "Kevin Clarke". Barry Hugman's Footballers Post-War Premier & Football League Players' Records. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
2. "SWANSEA CITY : 1946/47 - 2011/12". www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
3. Kevin Clarke at National-Football-Teams.com

Sources

• The Complete Who's Who of Irish International Football, 1945-96 (1996):Stephen McGarrigle [2]