Joe Wark

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Joe Wark

| image =

| caption =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1947|10|09|df=y}}

| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|10|01|1947|10|09|df=y}}

| death_place =

| height = 1.75 m{{cite web |url=https://www.motherwellnet.com/database/player-archive/w/joe-wark/ |title=Joe Wark |publisher=motherwellnet.com |access-date=24 September 2024 |language=en}}

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Irvine Victoria

| position = Left back

| years1 = 1968–1984

| clubs1 = Motherwell

| caps1 = 464

| goals1 = 14

| nationalyears1 = 1976

| nationalteam1 = Scottish Football League XI

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/joewark.html|title=Profile|accessdate=19 February 2011|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://news.stv.tv/west-central/225494-joe-wark-completes-memory-book-for-remember-well-dementia-project/ |title=Joe Wark remembers 'Well with new book to help people with dementia |first=Douglas |last=Barrie |work=STV News |publisher=STV |date=15 May 2013 |accessdate=1 October 2015}} Wark died on 1 October 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2015/10/01/joe-wark-1947-2015/ |title=Joe Wark: 1947 – 2015 |work=motherwellfc.co.uk |publisher=Motherwell FC |date=1 October 2015 |accessdate=1 October 2015}}

On 23 September 2021, it was announced that Wark was to be inducted into the Motherwell F.C. Hall of Fame.{{cite web|title=Joe Wark inducted to Hall of Fame|url=https://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2021/09/23/joe-wark-to-join-hall-of-fame/|work=motherwellfc.co.uk|access-date=23 September 2021}}