| Norman Clarke | |
| Fullname: | Norman Samson Clarke |
| Birth Date: | 1942 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Ballymena, Northern Ireland |
| Position: | Outside left |
| Years1: | 1958–1962 |
| Clubs1: | Ballymena United |
| Years2: | 1962–1966 |
| Clubs2: | Sunderland |
| Caps2: | 4 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1966–1969 |
| Clubs3: | Ballymena United |
| Nationalyears1: | 1959–1961 |
| Nationalteam1: | Northern Ireland Amateurs |
| Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 1960–1961 |
| Nationalteam2: | Irish League XI |
| Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
| Nationalyears3: | 1962–1963 |
| Nationalteam3: | Northern Ireland U23 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 2 |
| Manageryears1: | 1966–1967 |
| Managerclubs1: | Ballymena United (caretaker) |
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] He also served the club as caretaker manager during the 1966–67 season.[2] 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.[3]
Following the end of his second spell with Ballymena United, Clarke returned to Sunderland and worked for an electronics firm. He later moved to London and scouted for Liverpool.
| Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sunderland | 1962–63[4] | Second Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Career total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||