Robert "Bobby" Clark (born 26 September 1945 in Glasgow) is a former Scottishfootballgoalkeeper who spent most his playing career with Aberdeen F.C. and later emigrated to America as a coach.
Playing career
Clark graduated from Jordanhill College in Glasgow, Scotland in 1967 with a degree in Physical Education. He started his senior career with Queen's Park F.C. and also played for Aberdeen F.C., with whom he won the 1970 Scottish Cup, the 1976 League Cup and the 1980 Premier League Championship. He earned 17 caps for the Scotland national football team, and was Scotland's backup goalkeeper at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. During his time at Aberdeen, Clark played some games as a defender after losing his place in goal to Ernie McGarr.
A fan of Scottish First Division side Clyde, Clark came out of retirement in 1983 to help Clyde when they had a goalkeeping injury crisis. His father, Tom, was once the chairman of Clyde. In autumn 1984 he once more came out of retirement to keep goal for Forres Mechanics in a 1–0 victory over Buckie Thistle in the Highland League Cup Final held at Elgin.
Clark is an English languagesurname, ultimately derived from the Latinclericus meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educated. Clark evolved from "clerk". First records of the name are found in 12th century England. The name has many variants.
Clark is the twenty-seventh most common surname in the United Kingdom, including placing fourteenth in Scotland. Clark is also an occasional given name, as in the case of Clark Gable.
According to the 1990 United States Census, Clark was the twenty-first most frequently encountered surname, accounting for 0.23% of the population. Notable people with the surname include:
Abraham Clark (1725–1794), American politician and Revolutionary War figure
Clark is the official team mascot of Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs. He was announced on January 13, 2014 as the first official mascot in the modern history of the Cubs franchise. He was introduced that day at the Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center's pediatric developmental center along with some of the Cubs' top prospects such as number one draft pickKris Bryant and Albert Almora, Jorge Soler, Mike Olt and Eric Jokisch. Over a dozen Cubs prospects were attending the Cubs' Rookie Development Program that week. The Cubs become the 27th team in Major League Baseball to have a mascot, leaving the Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees as the remaining franchises without mascots. According to the Cubs' press release, Clark is a response to fan demands (expressed via surveys and interviews) for more kid-friendly elements at Wrigley Field Cubs games to keep pace with games in other cities that have more to offer youth fans.
Description
He is a "young, friendly Cub" who will wear a backwards baseball cap and greet fans entering Wrigley Field, which is located at the corner of Clark Street (for which he is named) and Addison Street. North Clark Street borders the third base side of Wrigley Field. According to the Cubs, the fictional character Clark is descended from Joa, the franchise's original live Bears mascot in 1916.
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BobbyClark was born in 2005, just as dad Lee’s career was winding down ... the two things Bobby Clark has that dad doesn't ... Bobby Clark's permanent transfer to Salzburg isn't so left field when you ...
It was the pre-camera phone era, but Lee Clark was still caught out ...Unfortunately for Clark, football fans have long memories ... Why Bobby Clark's transfer isn’t as weird as first seems, as one key detail becomes clear.
... he wants and needs in order to be able to play the type of football that he wants, and that means, unfortunately, that highly-rated BobbyClark, won’t be playing any part in it by the looks of things.
Academy graduates like Jarell Quansah, Conor Bradley and BobbyClark have all seen Premier League minutes this season, and seven players still eligible for U21 football played a part as they won the EFL Cup last Sunday.
Jayden Danns, LewisKoumas and BobbyClark all come from footballing families – what is behind this Anfield trend? Jayden Danns, Lewis Koumas and Bobby Clark.
Three of them – BobbyClark, Jayden Danns and LewisKoumas – are following in their former professional footballer fathers’ footsteps. Bobby Clark ... Booby Clark is the son of Keegan-era Newcastle midfielder Lee.
'It's possible a few of them have to start and, if they do, they will do the job,' said Klopp on youngsters such as BobbyClark and James McConnell...Liverpool youngsters Bobby Clark (left) and James McConnell (right) could both be involved.
Caoimhín [Kelleher] passes the ball out to Wataru, the ball goes left to [Jarell] Quansah, passes it down the line then Dannsy [Jayden Danns] chips the ball, James [McConnell] passes the ball to BobbyClark, who is waiting between the lines.
... and Enzo Fernández must have deepened when the £220m midfield duo failed to regain the initiative against Wataru Endo, BobbyClark and James McConnell at Wembley.skip past newsletter promotion.
