Geoff Clark (first ¼ 1920 – 13 November 2008) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played at representative level for England and

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, and at club level for

Dewsbury Dewsbury is a minster and market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Calder and on an arm of the Calder and Hebble Navigation waterway. It is to the west of Wakefield, east of Hudder ...

, as a , or , i.e. number 2 or 5, or, 3 or 4.

Background

Geoff Clark's birth was registered in Wigton district,

, England, he worked at Yorkshire Electric Transformer Company, Brewery Lane,

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, for three years he was the Steward at Howley Hall Golf Club, Scotchman Lane, Morley, Leeds, he was the last surviving member of

's 1947 Championship final team and Dewsbury's oldest ex-player, after a lengthy illness, he died aged 88 in

Drighlington Drighlington is a village and civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan district, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the village lies 5 miles (9 km) south-west of Leeds and 4 miles (6&n ...

, West Yorkshire, his funeral took place at Dewsbury Moor Crematarium at 1pm on 20 November 2008.

Playing career

Geoff Clark played at , i.e. number 3, in

's 4-13 defeat by Wigan in the Championship Final during the 1946–47 season at Maine Road, Manchester on Saturday 21 June 1947. Clark won caps for England while at Dewsbury in 1949 against Other Nationalities, and in 1951 against Other Nationalities.

Genealogical information

Geoff Clark's marriage to Isabel B. (

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Armstrong)
birth registered
fourth ¼ 1920 in Wigton district) was registered during third ¼ 1943 in Wigton district. They had children; Patricia A. Clark
birth registered
second ¼ 1947 in

district – died 2008 (aged 60–61)), and Anthony J. "Tony" Clark
birth registered
third ¼ in

district.

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