Joe Wark
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 October 1947 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1 October 2015 (aged 67) | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Irvine Victoria | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1984 | Motherwell | 464 | (14) |
| International career | |||
| 1976 | Scottish Football League XI | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Joe Wark (9 October 1947 – 1 October 2015) was a Scottish professional footballer who spent his entire professional career with Motherwell, making 464 appearances in the Scottish Football League.[2]
In later life, Wark was diagnosed with dementia and took part in the Remember Well project, run by North Lanarkshire Council, Motherwell FC, NHS Lanarkshire and Alzheimer's Scotland.[3] Wark died on 1 October 2015.[4]
On 23 September 2021, it was announced that Wark was to be inducted into the Motherwell F.C. Hall of Fame.[5]
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- 1947 births
- 2015 deaths
- Scottish men's footballers
- Irvine Victoria F.C. players
- Motherwell F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Footballers from Glasgow
- Men's association football full-backs
- Scottish Football League representative players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football defender, 1940s birth stubs