Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 18 January 1948 | ||
Place of birth | Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1963–1965 | West Bromwich Albion | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1965–1968 | West Bromwich Albion | 21 | (0) |
1968–1973 | Huddersfield Town | 172 | (3) |
1973–1975 | Birmingham City | 14 | (0) |
Total | 207 | (3) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Dennis Clarke (born 18 January 1948) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender for West Bromwich Albion, Huddersfield Town and Birmingham City in the Football League. [1]
He has the distinction of being the first substitute to be used in an FA Cup Final, during the 1968 FA Cup Final for West Bromwich Albion against Everton, when he replaced the injured John Kaye. [2] [3]
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