Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,653 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #154
Appearances:
43
Starts:
43
Goals:
6
Seasons:
4
Source: 1901-02 Aston Villa Team Portrait.
Source: 1901-02 Aston Villa Team Portrait.
Willie Clarke
Position
Winger
From
1901-02
To
1904-05
IMAGE CREDIT
Willie Clarke
Seasons Quick-View
Seasons
Age*
23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 |
Appearances
43 |
16 | 20 | 2 | 5 |
Starts
43 |
16 | 20 | 2 | 5 |
Substitute
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
6 |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
*Age on opening day of the season
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
FULL SEASON BREAKDOWN
William Gibb Clarke
Birth Date
Sunday, 3 March 1878
Birth Place
Mauchline, East Ayrshire
Birth Country
Scotland
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Bristol Rovers
From
For
Free
On
Unknown
Previous Clubs
Benburb |
Crown Athletic |
1897-00 Third Lanark |
1898-99 Arthurlie (L) |
1899-00 East Stirlingshire (L) |
1900-01 Bristol Rovers |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
Bradford City
For
£200
On
1905
Subsequent Clubs
1905-09 Bradford City |
1909-11 Lincoln City |
1911-12 Croydon Common FC |
Source: 1901-02 Aston Villa Team Portrait.
Source: 1901-02 Aston Villa Team Portrait.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1901-05 Aston Villa, Free, 43 | 6 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
George Ramsay led Management Committee
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 7 September 1901
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 7 September 1901
Bury (a), Division One
DEBUT
First Goal
Wednesday, 25 December 1901
Final Appearance
Thursday, 27 April 1905
Wolverhampton Wanderers (h), Division One
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Thursday, 27 April 1905
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Team
Not selected
Died
23 April 1940, Aged 62
Willie Clarke
Player #154 for Aston Villa, William Gibb Clarke, known as Willie Clarke played as a winger for the club.
Willie played for Villa between 1901-02 and 1904-05 making 43 appearances.
Willie was born in Mauchline, Scotland on 3rd March 1878 and made his first appearance for the club as a 23 year old on 7th September 1901.
Villa had signed Willie from Bristol Rovers and scored 3 league goals in each of the 1901-02 and 1902-03 league campaigns appearing 15 and 20 times respectively.
In doing so his goal in the Christmas Day 1901 3-2 win over Everton represented the first time a person of colour scored in the English First Division.
From the 1903-04 seasons Willie’s appearances began to tail off and he left Villa for Bradford City in return for a fee of £200.
Willie played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.
Willie passed away in Marylebone, London on Tuesday, 23 April 1940 aged 62.