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Norman Clarke
Personal information
Full name	Norman Samson Clarke
Date of birth	1 April 1942 (age 82)
Place of birth	Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Position(s)	Outside left
Senior career*
Years	Team
1958–1962	Ballymena United
1962–1966	Sunderland
1966–1969	Ballymena United
International career
1959–1961	Northern Ireland Amateurs
1960–1961	Irish League XI
1962–1963	Northern Ireland U23
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]

Personal life

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]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	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

References

^ ^a ^b "Norman Clarke". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
^ "Norman Clarke". nifootball.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
^ "Norman Clarke | Manager Statistics | Ballymena United". Ballymena United Archive. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Little, Ivan. "NI footie star of Sixties laments what money has done to the beautiful game". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
^ "Norman Clarke". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 31 January 2017.