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Harry Clifton |
Chesterfield
FC
uncapped
1938 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Henry Clifton |
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Born |
28 May 1914 in Newburn, County Durham [registered in
Castle Ward, September 1914] |
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Died |
October 1998 in Newcastle upon Tyne [registered in
Newcastle upon Tyne, October 1998] |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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Source |
Ancestry.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Started his career at Scotswood FC, where he was spotted by and signed by
Chesterfield FC and made 121 league
appearances, scoring 67 goals, joined Newcastle United FC in June
1938 for an £8,500 transfer fee. Leicester City FC tried to sign him
during the following season, but Clifton refused to go.
After 29 league appearances and fifteen goals, curtailed by the
war, Clifton joined Grimsby Town in 1947 and
made 69 league appearances, scoring 23, until he retired in 1949. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division Three (North) runners-up 1933-34,
winners 1935-36; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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England Career |
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Player number |
Did not appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-forward |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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None |
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Harry Clifton - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 min |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
Notes
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