Joe Wark

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Joe Wark
Personal information
Date of birth (1947-10-09)9 October 1947
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 1 October 2015(2015-10-01) (aged 67)
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) 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]

References

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  1. ^ "Joe Wark". motherwellnet.com. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  3. ^ Barrie, Douglas (15 May 2013). "Joe Wark remembers 'Well with new book to help people with dementia". STV News. STV. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Joe Wark: 1947 – 2015". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell FC. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Joe Wark inducted to Hall of Fame". motherwellfc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2021.