David Alan Clarke (born 3 December 1964 in Nottingham, England) is an English retired footballer who played predominantly at left back but also in midfield.
Clarke began his career as an apprentice with Notts County, a club his father had appeared for in the 1960s.
In the summer of 1987 he dropped out of the Football League to join the newly relegated Lincoln City, where he also made a goalscoring debut, this time against Stafford Rangers on 5 September 1987.
He would stay at Lincoln for a further five and a half seasons before moving to Doncaster Rovers at the beginning of 1994.
He made a single substitute appearance for Gainsborough Trinity at the beginning of the 1994–95 season before retiring.