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Joe Wark
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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)
Playing position Left back
Youth career
Irvine Victoria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1984 Motherwell 464 (14)
National team
1976 Scottish Football League XI 1 (0)
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (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.

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. Wark died on 1 October 2015.

On 23 September 2021, it was announced that Wark was to be inducted into the Motherwell F.C. Hall of Fame.

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