Joe Clare

Joseph Clare (4 February 1910 – 23 September 1987) was an English footballer who scored 41 goals from 90 appearances in the Football League playing for Accrington Stanley, Norwich City and Lincoln City. He played at outside left or left back.

Joe Clare
Personal information
Full name Joseph Clare[1]
Date of birth (1910-02-04)4 February 1910[2]
Place of birth Westhoughton,[2] Lancashire, England
Date of death 23 September 1987(1987-09-23) (aged 77)[2]
Position(s) Outside left / left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Westhoughton Town
1930–1931 Manchester City 0 (0)
1931 Wigan Borough 0 (0)
1931–1933 Westhoughton Town
1933–1935 Accrington Stanley 28 (1)
1935 Arsenal 0 (0)
1935–1936 Margate (11)
1936–1937 Norwich City 22 (5)
1937–1945 Lincoln City 68 (23)
– Ruston Bucyrus
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was on the books of Manchester City and Arsenal, without representing those clubs in the league,[1] and was with Wigan Borough in their final season in the Football League, when the club folded in October 1931 and its results were expunged; Clare did not appear for their first team that season.[3][4] He played in the Southern League with Margate.[5] He later became first-team trainer for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic.[4]

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. "Joe Clare". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  3. "1931/32: The season that never was". This Northern Soul. Bernard Ramsdale. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  4. "A to Z (Abrahams – Currie)". This Northern Soul. Bernard Ramsdale. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  5. "1935/36". margatefchistory.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 May 2005.


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