Frank Clark (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 September 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | Rowlands Gill, County Durham, England | ||
| Playing position | Full-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1962 | Crook Town | ||
| 1962–1975 | Newcastle United | 389 | (0) |
| 1975–1979 | Nottingham Forest | 117 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1983–1991 | Leyton Orient | ||
| 1993–1996 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| 1996–1998 | Manchester City | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Frank Clark (born 9 September 1943) is an English former footballer and manager, and former chairman of Nottingham Forest. Clark played in over 400 games for Newcastle United before moving to Nottingham Forest where he won the European Cup.
After retiring as a player, he managed Leyton Orient for nine years (followed by a two-year spell as the club's managing director) and then returned to Nottingham Forest as manager between 1993 and 1996. He then managed Manchester City for just over a year.
He started his career at Crook Town.
He started his professional career at Newcastle United, and played a total of 464 games for them between 1962 and 1975.
He then joined Nottingham Forest, and helped them win promotion in 1977, and he played for them in the 1979 European Cup Final, where they beat Malmö FF.
After his playing career he was Assistant Manager of Sunderland from 1979 to 1982 and then became manager of Leyton Orient, later becoming managing director of the Brisbane Road club. In 1993 he was appointed as Nottingham Forest manager, as a replacement for the retiring Brian Clough. Some sources have said that Clough selected Clark for the job in 1993, however Clark's name was submitted far earlier, and by the time of Clough's retirement in 1993 his preference was Ron Fenton.
He was also Premier League Manager of the Month for September 1994, as Forest's fine start to the season saw them in the heat of a title challenge and hopes were high that Clark could take them to the rare distinction of top division title glory a season after promotion – just as his predecessor had done 17 years earlier. Forest reached the UEFA Cup quarter finals in 1996 under Clark.
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