John Cunliffe (footballer born 1930)

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John Cunliffe

Personal information
Full name	John Cunliffe
Date of birth	4 February 1930(1930-02-04)
Place of birth	Wigan, England
Date of death	15 November 1975(1975-11-15) (aged 45)
Place of death	Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Playing position	Left-winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1950–1959	Port Vale	283	(52)
1959–1960	Stoke City	26	(3)
	Macclesfield Town
	Stafford Rangers
	Buxton
Total		309+	(55+)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

John "Dickie" Cunliffe (4 February 1930 – 15 November 1975) was an English football left-winger. He made 309 appearances in the Football League, scoring 55 goals.

Signed to Port Vale for almost the whole of the 1950s, he was on the wing for one of the most exciting periods of the club's history, with Vale Park still freshly built. In 1959 he crossed the city to play one season with Stoke City. He then became a non-league player with Macclesfield Town, Stafford Rangers and Buxton.

Playing style

A skilled left-winger adept at taking on defenders, his finishing was poor.^[1]

Playing career

Cunliffe joined Port Vale in December 1950, he played through some of the clubs best years, winning the Football League Third Division North title in 1953–54 and reaching the FA Cup semi-finals in 1954. On the way he outplayed Blackpool's Stanley Matthews at Vale Park.^[2] He missed only one match of the Football League Fourth Division winning 1958–59 season, but was transferred to Stoke City, along with £2,000, in exchange for Peter Ford and Harry Oscroft in September 1959. He later played for Macclesfield Town, Stafford Rangers and Buxton.^[3]

Honours

with Port Vale

• Football League Third Division North winner: 1953–54
• Football League Fourth Division winner: 1958–1959

References

1. ^ Kent, Jeff (December 1991). Port Vale Tales: A Collection Of Stories, Anecdotes And Memories. Witan Books. pp. 59. ISBN 0950898163. 
2. ^ Kent, Jeff (December 1991). Port Vale Tales: A Collection Of Stories, Anecdotes And Memories. Witan Books. pp. 275. ISBN 0950898163. 
3. ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 74. ISBN 0952915200. http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200. 

Persondata
Name	Cunliffe, John
Alternative names	Dickie Cunliffe
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	4 February 1930
Place of birth	Wigan, England
Date of death	15 November 1975
Place of death	Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, England