Full name David Thomas Clement Name Dave Clement Role Football player | Playing position | |
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Date of birth (1948-02-02)2 February 1948 Date of death 31 March 1982(1982-03-31) (aged 34) Died March 31, 1982, England, United Kingdom Children Paul Clement, Neil Clement Similar People Paul Clement, Neil Clement, Dave Thomas | ||
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Dave Clement (2 February 1948 – 31 March 1982) was a football player. Clement played as a right fullback who developed his career with Queens Park Rangers through the club's youth set-up. Clement signed professional terms in 1965 and made his first team debut in the 1966-67 season, which was memorable for QPR in that they won the Football League Third Division championship by twelve points and also became the first Third Division club to win a major trophy – the League Cup, defeating the First Division club West Bromwich Albion 3–2 in the first-ever final at Wembley Stadium.
The following season, Clement was a regular member of the team, making 34 appearances in another promotion season for QPR. Clement missed only six league games between 1970 and 1974.
Clement first played for England in 1976 and won five caps in total.
In June 1979 Clement was transferred to Bolton Wanderers. After playing 33 league games for them he then signed for Fulham in October 1980.
Clement died in March 1982 at the age of 34. Suffering from depression, he committed suicide by poisoning himself with weedkiller.
His son, Neil Clement, who was only three years old at the time, also became a professional footballer and spent the majority of his career playing for West Bromwich Albion. His eldest son Paul became a football coach and is currently head coach at Swansea City in Wales.