Alfred Clarke (23 August 1926 – 17 July 1971) was an English

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player and

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. He played as a

centre forward Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...

for a number of

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clubs during the 1940s and 1950s.

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* English footballers English football managers Footballers from Oldham Association football forwards Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Burnley F.C. players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Halifax Town A.F.C. players English Football League players 1926 births 1971 deaths People from Oldham {{England-footy-forward-1920s-stub