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| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland| death_date = Goalkeeper (association football)>Goalkeeper| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1962–1965Queen’s Park F.C.>Queen’s Park| caps1 = 84| goals1 = 0| years2 = 1965–1982Aberdeen F.C.>Aberdeen| caps2 = 424| goals2 = 0| years3 = 1967| clubs3 = → Washington Whips (loan)| caps3 = 12| goals3 = 0| years4 = 1976| clubs4 = → San Antonio Thunder (loan)| caps4 = 19| goals4 = 0| years5 = 1983Clyde F.C.>Clyde| caps5 = 4| goals5 = 0| totalcaps = 543| totalgoals = 0| nationalyears1 = 1966–1968Scotland national under-21 football team>Scotland U23HTTP://WWW.FITBASTATS.COM/SCOTLANDU23/PLAYER.PHP?PLAYERID=116 >TITLE=SCOTLAND U23 PLAYER BOBBY CLARK ACCESS-DATE=11 OCTOBER 2019, | nationalcaps1 = 3| nationalgoals1 = 0| nationalyears2 = 1967–1973Scotland national football team>Scotland| nationalcaps2 = 17| nationalgoals2 = 0| nationalyears3 = 1971Scottish League XIHTTP://WWW.LONDONHEARTS.COM/SFL/PLAYERS/BOBBYCLARK.HTMLWORK=LONDONHEARTS.COMACCESS-DATE=18 DECEMBER 2011, | nationalcaps3 = 1| nationalgoals3 = 0| nationalyears4 = 1976–1977Scotland national under-21 football team>Scotland U21At the time, three overage players were permitted for Scotland national under-21 football team, and Clark was selected on this basis.HTTP://WWW.FITBASTATS.COM/SCOTLANDU21/PLAYER.PHP?PLAYERID=11 WORK=FITBASTATS.COM, 11 October 2012, | nationalcaps4 = 3| nationalgoals4 = 0| manageryears1 = 1984–1985Highlanders F.C.>Highlanders| manageryears2 = 1985–1993| managerclubs2 = Dartmouth College| manageryears3 = 1994–1996New Zealand national football team>New Zealand| manageryears4 = 1996–2000Stanford Cardinal men’s soccer>Stanford University| manageryears5 = 2001–2017Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s soccer>University of Notre DameMen’s football}}{{Medal|Country|{{fb|NZL}}}} (as manager){{MedalComp|OFC Nations Cup}}{{MedalBronze|1996|}}{{MedalComp|OFC U-23 ChampionshipWEB,www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz-u23-intres.html, New Zealand U-23 International Matches, 1 October 2015, RSSSF, 22 March 2021, WEB,www.ozfootball.net/ark/Olympics/1996.html, Australia Under 23 National Team “Olyroos” - 1996 Match, Oz Football, 22 March 2021, }}{{MedalSilver|1996 |}}}}Robert Brown Clark (born 26 September 1945) is a Scottish football player and coach. Clark, who played as a goalkeeper, spent most of his playing career with Aberdeen. He also played for Queen’s Park, Washington Whips, San Antonio Thunder and Clyde. Clark played 17 times for Scotland and represented the Scottish League. He later became a coach, mainly working in New Zealand and the United States.

Playing career

Clark started his senior career in Scotland’s second tier with Queen’s Park F.C.Players: Clark, Robert Brown {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011081326www.qpfc.com/appearances/c/clarkrb.htm |date=11 October 2019 }}, QPFC.comBobby Clark: Profile of a Dons great, Aberdeen FC, 11 September 2018 then in 1965 signed for top division Aberdeen F.C., with whom he won the 1970 Scottish Cup, the 1976 League Cup and the 1980 Premier League Championship. During his time with the Dons, Clark played some games as a defender, including against Rangers at Ibrox Park, after losing his place in goal to Ernie McGarr.NEWS,www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/aberdeen/interview-bobby-clark-king-of-the-clean-sheet-1-3664147, Interview: Bobby Clark, king of the clean sheet, The Scotsman, 17 January 2015, 24 October 2017, With 594 competitive appearances for Aberdeen between 1965 and 1980, he is ranked third in the club’s all-time list.Clark graduated from Jordanhill College in Glasgow, Scotland in 1967 with a degree in Physical Education. He was named first team all-star goalkeeper in the 1967 United Soccer Association playing for the Washington Whips and making the USA All Star Team.WEB, The Year in American Soccer - 1967,homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1967.html, 15 February 2018,homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1967.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20190328230904homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1967.html,">web.archive.org/web/20190328230904homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1967.html, 28 March 2019, dead, He also spent the summer of 1976, on loan, in the NASL, playing for the San Antonio Thunder.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 set the British top-flight record for not conceding a goal in consecutive, all-competition matches (at 1,155 minutes) in the 1970–71 season, until Edwin van der Sar set a new mark on 8 February 2009.NEWS,www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/scotland/article5697875.ece, Bobby Clark adds praise from afar after Edwin van der Sar smashes his record, The Times, UK, 10 February 2009, 26 April 2010, Simon, Lewis, He also briefly held the world record, until Bulgarian goalkeeper Stoyan Yordanov set a new record of 1202 minutes in May 1971.WEB,www.iffhs.de/?b4a390f03be4ac07cda14b45fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aed09, World Record of the national championships (1888/89-2010), IFFHS, 6 November 2010, Fraser Forster broke the Scottish league record in 2014 and was congratulated by Clark after the match in which it was surpassed.WEB,www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26306540, Fraser Forster: Celtic clean sheet record a team effort, BBC Sport, 22 February 2014, 22 February 2014, He still holds the Aberdeen club record, although this was threatened by the form of Scott Brown in early 2015.He earned 17 caps for the Scotland national team, and was Scotland’s backup goalkeeper at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

Managerial career

Clark coached Highlanders F.C., Bulawayo (1983–84), Dartmouth College (1985–93), the New Zealand national football team (1994–96),WEB,www.nzfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=79&no_cache=1&sword_list%5B%5D=coaches, National Coaches, 23 January 2018, NZ Football, dead,www.nzfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=79&no_cache=1&sword_list%5B%5D=coaches," title="web.archive.org/web/20140717200626www.nzfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=79&no_cache=1&sword_list%5B%5D=coaches,">web.archive.org/web/20140717200626www.nzfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=79&no_cache=1&sword_list%5B%5D=coaches, 17 July 2014, dmy-all, Stanford University (1996–2000) and the University of Notre Dame men’s soccer team (2001–2017), winning the national title in 2013 with the Irish.WEB,www.und.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/112817aao.html, Bobby Clark Announces Retirement After 17 Seasons As Notre Dame Men’s Soccer Coach, University of Notre Dame Athletics, In November 2018, Clark was one of four inductees into the Aberdeen Hall of Fame.WEB,www.afc.co.uk/2018/11/02/afc-hall-of-fame-2018/, AFC Hall of Fame 2018, Aberdeen F.C., 2 November 2018, 4 November 2018,

Personal life

His son Jamie has played in Major League Soccer and is the head coach of the Washington Huskies men’s soccer team. His son Tommy, a paediatrician, is the founder and executive director of the HIV prevention organisation Grassroot Soccer. His daughter, Jennifer Clark, is also a football coach and is the head women’s coach at Claremont-McKenna in California.

Career statistics

Club {| class“wikitable” style@text-align:center”

www.qpfc.com/appearances/c/clarkrb.htm, 2023-03-10, www.qpfc.com, 11 October 2019,www.qpfc.com/appearances/c/clarkrb.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20191011081326www.qpfc.com/appearances/c/clarkrb.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20191011081326www.qpfc.com/appearances/c/clarkrb.htm, dead, WEB, Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile,afcheritage.org/Team/CurrentSquad/player_show.cfm?player_id=112&Season=1981-82&debut=1, 2023-03-10, afcheritage.org, WEB, Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin, San Antonio Thunder (1976),www.national-football-teams.com/old/club/6848/1976_2/San_Antonio_Thunder.html, 2023-03-10, www.national-football-teams.com, en, WEB, Fixtures 1982 - 1983 {{!, Match {{!}} Clyde Football Club |url=https://www.clydefc.co.uk/match/fixtures/1982/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Official Clyde Football Club Website}}! rowspan=“2” |Club! rowspan=“2” |Season! colspan=“3” |League! colspan=“2” |National cup! colspan=“2” |League cup! colspan=“2” |Europe! colspan=“2” |Total!Division!Apps!Goals!Apps!Goals!Apps!Goals!Apps!Goals!Apps!GoalsQueens’ Park1962–63 Scottish Division Two>1962–63Scottish Division Two|18|0|3|0|0|0|0|0|21|01963–64 Scottish Division Two>1963–64|31|0|2|0|6|0|0|0|39|01964–65 Scottish Division Two>1964–65|35|0|6|0|6|0|0|0|47|0! colspan=“2” |Total!84!0!11!0!12!0!0!0!107!0Aberdeen1965–66 Aberdeen F.C. season>1965–66Scottish Division One|33|0|5|0|2|0|0|0|40|01966–67 Aberdeen F.C. season>1966–67|34|0|6|0|10|0|0|0|50|01967–68 Aberdeen F.C. season>1967–68|33|0|3|0|6|0|4|0|46|01968–69 Aberdeen F.C. season>1968–69|14|0|0|0|6|0|4|0|24|01969–70 Aberdeen F.C. season>1969–70|14|0|4|0|0|0|0|0|18|01970–71 Aberdeen F.C. season>1970–71|34|0|4|0|6|0|2|0|46|01971–72 Aberdeen F.C. season>1971–72|22|0|1|0|6|0|3|0|32|01972–73 Aberdeen F.C. season>1972–73|33|0|4|0|11|0|1|0|49|01973–74 Aberdeen F.C. season>1973–74|34|0|1|0|10|0|4|0|49|01974–75 Aberdeen F.C. season>1974–75|33|0|4|0|4|0|0|0|41|01975–76 Aberdeen F.C. season>1975–76Scottish Premier Division|20|0|0|0|6|0|0|0|26|01976–77 Aberdeen F.C. season>1976–77|27|0|3|0|8|0|0|0|38|01977–78 Aberdeen F.C. season>1977–78|36|0|6|0|6|0|2|0|50|01978–79 Aberdeen F.C. season>1978–79|23|0|4|0|3|0|1|0|31|01979–80 Aberdeen F.C. season>1979–80|34|0|4|0|11|0|2|0|51|01980–81 Aberdeen F.C. season>1980–81|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|01981–82 Aberdeen F.C. season>1981–82|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0! colspan=“2” |Total!424!0!49!0!95!0!23!0!591!0|Washington Whips (loan)1967 Washington Whips season>1967|United Soccer Association|12|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|13|0|San Antonio Thunder (loan)1976 North American Soccer League season>1976North American Soccer League (1968–1984)>North American Soccer League|19|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|19|0Clyde F.C.>Clyde1982–83 Scottish First Division>1982–83|Scottish First Division|4|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|4|0! colspan=“3” |Career total!543!0!61!0!107!0!23!0!734!0id4010|nameBobby Clark}}“>

International {| class“wikitable” style@text-align:center”id4010|nameBobby Clark}}

!National team!Year!Apps!GoalsScotland|1967|1|0|1968|1|0|1969—|1970|1|0|1971|7|0|1972|6|0|1973|1|0! colspan=“2” |Total!17!0

Honours

Player

AberdeenWEB,www.afc.co.uk/2020/10/13/former-players-qa-bobby-clark/, FORMER PLAYERS Q&A BOBBY CLARK, AFC, 13 October 2020, 22 March 2021,

• Scottish Premier Division: 1979–80
• Scottish Cup: 1969–70; runner-up 1966–67, 1977–78
• Scottish League Cup: 1976–77; runner-up 1978–79, 1979–80
• Drybrough Cup: 1971–72, 1980–81Dandy Dons have struck it rich, Sunday Mail, 8 August 1971, via The Celtic WikiCowan is Dons’ new Stevie wonder, The Glasgow Herald, 4 August 1980

Washington Whips

• USA Championship runner-up: 1967
• USA Eastern Division: 1967

Forres Mechanics

• Highland League Cup: 1984–85

Scotland

• British Home Championship: 1971–72 (shared)WEB,www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=4010&lid=1, Bobby Clark, Scottish FA, 22 March 2021,

Individual

• Aberdeen Player of the Year: 1966–67WEB,www.afc.co.uk/2018/09/11/bobby-clark-redmatchday-interview/, BOBBY CLARK {{!, REDMATCHDAY INTERVIEW | publisher=AFC | date=11 September 2018 | access-date=22 March 2021}}
• Press and Journal Sports Personality of the Year: 1977–78Aberdeen FC Hall of Fame: Inducted, 2018

Manager

Dartmouth Big Green

• Ivy League Tournament: 1988, 1990, 1992WEB,dartmouthsports.com/sports/2017/6/1/211624503.aspx, Bobby Clark, Dartmouth Sports, 22 March 2021, WEB, Men’s Soccer Ivy Champions & NCAA Tournament Teams,dartmouthsports.com/sports/2010/7/26/204970945.aspx, DartmouthSports, 21 March 2021, 26 July 2010,

Stanford Cardinal

• NCAA Tournament Championship runner-up: 1998WEB, BOBBY CLARK ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT AFTER 17 SEASONS AS NOTRE DAME,und.com/bobby-clark-announces-retirement-after-17-seasons-as-notre-dame-men-s-soccer-coach/, UND, 28 November 2018, 22 March 2021,
• MPSF Mountain Division Championship: 1997WEB,gostanford.com/news/2013/4/17/208439150.aspx, Player Bio: Bobby Clark, Go Stanford, 17 April 2013, 22 March 2021,

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

• NCAA Tournament Championship: 2013
• Conference Championship: 2003, 2012
• Conference Regular Season Title: 2004, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014

Individual

• USC College Coach of the Year: 2013
• MPSF Mountain Division Coach of the Year: 1996, 1997
• NSCAA Far West Region Coach of the Year: 1997
• NCAA Region I Coach of the Year: Twice with Dartmouth
• Jim McCullen Trophy: 1995

See also

• List of footballers in Scotland by number of league appearances (500+)

References

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External links

• {{FIFA player|47812|Bobby Clark}}
• Profile at Notre Dame
• {{SFA profile}}
• Dark Blue Dons profile at AFC Heritage Trust

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