Cliff Birks

Cliff Birks

Personal information
Full name	Clifford Birks
Date of birth	13 December 1910 (1910-12-13) (age 100)
Place of birth	Hanley, Staffordshire, England
Date of death	1998 (aged 87–88)
Playing position	Right-half/Outside-right
Youth career
	Stoke St. Peters
	Stoke City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1932–1936	Port Vale	58	(7)
1936–1937	Torquay United	1	(1)
1937–1938	Halifax Town	3	(0)
Total		62	(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Clifford "Cliff" Birks (born 13 December 1910–1998) was an English professional footballer. He played as both a right-half and at outside-right.

Playing career

Birks played for Stoke St. Peters and Stoke City before joining Port Vale in November 1929. He made his debut on 27 December 1921, in a 2–1 home win over Charlton Athletic. He played 59 games over the next four seasons but was released in May 1936.^[1] He joined Torquay United, but was kept out of the side due to the form of Fred Beedall and George Daniels, Birks made his Torquay debut on 16 January 1937, scoring in the 4–1 defeat at home to Southend United. However, this was to be his only appearance for Torquay and he left to join Halifax Town for the following season. He played just twice for Halifax before leaving league football. During the war he guested for Leicester City.

References

1. ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 31. ISBN 0952915200. http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200. 

Persondata
Name	Birks, Cliff
Alternative names	Clifford Birks
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	13 December 1910
Place of birth	Hanley, Staffordshire, England
Date of death	1998
Place of death