Billy Clark | |
Fullname: | William Clark[1] |
Birth Date: | 1881 |
Birth Place: | Airdrie, Scotland |
Death Date: | 17 March 1937 (aged 55–56) |
Death Place: | Bristol, England |
Position: | Outside right |
Years1: | – |
Clubs1: | Cambuslang Hibernian[2] |
Years2: | 1901–1904 |
Clubs2: | Port Glasgow Athletic |
Caps2: | 60 |
Goals2: | 18 |
Years3: | 1904–1908 |
Clubs3: | Bristol Rovers |
Caps3: | 133 |
Goals3: | 35 |
Years4: | 1908–1909 |
Clubs4: | Sunderland |
Caps4: | 41 |
Goals4: | 4 |
Years5: | 1910 |
Clubs5: | Bristol City |
Caps5: | 24 |
Goals5: | 1 |
Years6: | 1911 |
Clubs6: | Leicester Fosse |
Caps6: | 6 |
Goals6: | 1 |
Totalcaps: | 264 |
Totalgoals: | 59 |
William Clark (1881 – 17 March 1937) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Southern League for Bristol Rovers. He was signed from Port Glasgow Athletic in 1904 and won the Southern League championship in his first season with the club.[3] He went on to make 133 League appearances, scoring 35 goals, before leaving to join Sunderland.
During his time at Bristol Rovers, Clark (an outside right) played in one Home Scots v Anglo-Scots international trial in 1908[4] [2] but never gained a full cap for Scotland.