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Name
  
Colin Clifft


Role
  
Rugby player

Colin Clifft (born 16 October 1934) birth registered in Leeds North district, is an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, and 1960s, playing at representative level for England, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 599), Halifax, and Featherstone Rovers (Vice-captain) (Heritage № 407), as a loose forward/lock, i.e. number 13. He is married to Beryl.

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International honours

Colin Clifft, won a cap for England while at Wakefield Trinity in 1956 against France.

County Cup Final appearances

Colin Clifft played loose forward/lock in Featherstone Rovers' 0-10 defeat by Halifax in the 1963 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1963–64 season at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 2 November 1963.

Club career

Colin Clifft made his début for Wakefield Trinity during March 1952, he made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Saturday 28 November 1959, he appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored.

References

Colin Clifft Wikipedia