Full name Hugh Clifford Name Hughie Clifford Role Footballer | Playing position Position Midfielder | |
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Date of birth (1866-01-26)26 January 1866 Date of death 3 October 1929(1929-10-03) (aged 63) | ||
Place of death Lanarkshire, Scotland Place of birth Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||
Hugh "Hughie" Clifford (1866 – 1929) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Hibernian, Stoke, Celtic, Motherwell, Liverpool and Manchester City.
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Clifford started his career Carfin Shamrock before joining Hibernian in 1887. In 1890 he moved south and joined Football Alliance side Stoke with whom he helped win the title. Midway through the 1891–92 season Clifford returned to Scotland and signed for Celtic in what was an "Illegal" transfer and he was suspended from English football for two years. He returned to Stoke in 1893 and played one match in the 1893–94 season. He then went on to play for Motherwell, Liverpool and spent the 1895–96 season with Manchester City.
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