Cliff Portwood
English footballer and singer (1937–2012) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Clifford Portwood (17 October 1937 – 10 January 2012) was an English footballer and later singer and television personality.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Clifford Portwood[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1937-10-17)17 October 1937[2] | ||
Place of birth | Salford, Greater Manchester, England[2] | ||
Date of death | 10 January 2012(2012-01-10) (aged 74) | ||
Place of death | Basingstoke, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Winger, inside forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Manchester Athletic | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1955–1959 | Preston North End | 0 | (0) |
1959–1961 | Port Vale | 61 | (33) |
1961–1963 | Grimsby Town | 92 | (35) |
1963–1969 | Portsmouth | 98 | (28) |
Durban United | |||
Total | 251+ | (96+) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
A winger and inside forward, he scored 96 goals in 252 league games in a fourteen-year career in the Football League. He spent 1955 to 1959 at Preston North End, without making an appearance, before he was sold on to Port Vale for £750. He was sold on to Grimsby Town for £6,000 in July 1961, and helped the club to win promotion out of the Third Division in 1961–62. He moved on to Portsmouth for £4,000 in 1963, where he remained for the next six years, before he left the professional game to move to South Africa. He later became a successful singer and television personality in Australia.