Douglas Clark (rugby league)
Godfrey Phillips Cigarette card featuring Clark
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Personal information
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| Nickname | Duggy, Dougie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 May 1891 Ellenborough, Cumberland, England |
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| Died | 1 February 1951 (aged 59) Birkby, Huddersfield, England |
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Playing information
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| Position | Prop, Second-row, Loose forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Douglas "Duggy" Clark MM (2 May 1891 – 1 February 1951) born in Ellenborough, Cumberland, was an English rugby league footballer, wrestler and World War I veteran. He played at Prop, Second-row, or Loose forward/Lock for Huddersfield, Cumberland, England and the Great Britain national side. Clark also served in World War I on the front line in France in 1917, earning the Military Medal for his deeds. He then returned to wrestling with great success, becoming World heavyweight champion. In 2005 Clark was inducted into the British Rugby League Hall of Fame.
During the 1909–10 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Clark's first, he played in Huddersfield's 21-0 victory over Batley in the 1909 Yorkshire Cup Final at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 27 November 1909. The following year he played in the 2-8 loss against Wakefield Trinity in the 1910 Yorkshire Cup Final at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 3 December 1910. During the 1911–12 Northern Rugby Football Union season the 1911–12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain took place and Clark played in the forwards for Great Britain in two Ashes series tests matches. At the end of the season he played in Huddersfield's 13-5 victory over Wigan in the Championship Final, and also played in the 22-10 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1911 Yorkshire Cup Final at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 25 November 1911. During the 1912–13 season Clark played in Huddersfield's 9-5 victory over Warrington in the 1913 Challenge Cup Final at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds in front of a crowd of 22,754. He also scored a hat-trick of tries in his side's victory in the Championship Final of 1913.
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