| Charles Clunas | |
| Fullname: | Charles Clunas |
| Birth Date: | 13 February 1894 |
| Birth Place: | Johnstone, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée, France |
| Position: | Forward, right half |
| Years1: | –1912 |
| Clubs1: | Kilbarchan Athletic |
| Years2: | 1912–1914 |
| Clubs2: | Clyde |
| Caps2: | 19 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
Charles Clunas (13 February 1894 – 8 February 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Clyde as a forward.[1]
Clunas' younger brother William was also a footballer.[2] Clunas was educated at Johnstone High School. In October 1914, two months after the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted as a private in the 23rd (Service) Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers in the Central Hotel in Glasgow.[3] Clunas was serving as an appointed lance corporal when he was killed by a rifle grenade at Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée, France on 8 February 1916.[4] He was buried in Guards' Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy.
| Season | League | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Clyde | 1912–13 | Scottish First Division | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
| 1913–14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |||
| 1914–15 | 4 | 0 | ― | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | |||