Douglas Clark - a rugby hero

Published on 8 December 2013

Douglas "Duggy" Clark MM (2 May 1891 – 1 February 1951) was a rugby league footballer, wrestler and World War I veteran. He played for Huddersfield, Cumberland, England and the Great Britain national side.

Douglas Clark is regarded as one of the greatest ever Rugby League forwards and was enjoying a successful sporting career before the outbreak of the First World War. But by 1917, he was among the British soldiers fighting in the Battle of Ypres.

This video details his service in World War I on the front line in France in 1917, during which he was awarded the Military Medal. After the war he turned to wrestling with great success, becoming World heavyweight champion.

Douglas Clark - a rugby hero
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