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Douglas "Duggy" Clark MM (2 May 1891 in Ellenborough, Cumberland – 1951) was an English rugby league footballer, wrestler and World War I veteran. He played at , or 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. Douglas Clark played in Huddersfield's 8-2 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1910 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1910–11 season at Headingley Stadium on Saturday 3 December 1910.〔Hoole, Les (2004). ''Wakefield Trinity RLFC - FIFTY GREAT GAMES''. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-429-9〕 Clark 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. Clark was selected to go on the 1920 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia. 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. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Douglas Clark (rugby league)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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