Douglas Clark

Who was Douglas Clark?

Douglas "Duggy" Clark MM was an English rugby league footballer, wrestler and World War I veteran. He played at Prop, Second-row, or Loose forward/Lock for Huddersfield, Cumberland, England and the Great Britain national side. Clark also served in World War I on the front line in France in 1917, earning the Military Medal for his deeds. He then returned to wrestling with great success, becoming World heavyweight champion.

Clarke scored a hat-trick of tries in his side's victory in the Championship final of 1913. Going on the 1914 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, he played for in the famous "Rorke's Drift Test" in Sydney when his side won with 11 men. Clark was a member of Fartown's "Team of all talents" which won all four cups in 1915.

After that Clark joined World War I and spent time in France.

By the time of his retirement from football in 1927 he had helped his club to three Challenge Cups and seven Yorkshire Cups. In 2005 he was inducted into the British Rugby League Hall of Fame.