Cliff Winter
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Clifford Winter[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1884 | ||
Place of birth | Gateshead, England | ||
Date of death | 27 October 1918 (aged 33–34)[2] | ||
Place of death | Cambrai, France | ||
Position(s) | Inside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1904–1905 | Newcastle United | 0 | (0) |
1905 | Gainsborough Trinity | 6 | (1) |
South Shields Adelaide | |||
Byker East End | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Clifford Winter (1884 – 27 October 1918) was a professional football inside left who played in the Football League for Gainsborough Trinity.[1]
Personal life[]
Winter served as a corporal in the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) during the First World War and died of wounds at the Battle of Cambrai on 27 October 1918.[2][3] He is buried in Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 317. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Waugh, Chris (12 November 2018). "How Newcastle's fallen war heroes have been immortalised at St James' Park". nechronicle. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
Categories:
- English footballers
- Newcastle United F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Association football inside forwards
- British Army personnel of World War I
- 1884 births
- 1918 deaths
- Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players
- Gateshead A.F.C. players
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Cameronians soldiers
- Footballers from Gateshead
- Burials at Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery
- English football forward, 1880s birth stubs