Cliff Jones (English footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Clifford Jones[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 13 December 1889[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Rotherham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1911 | Rotherham Town | ||
| 1911–1912 | Gainsborough Trinity | 12 | (0) |
| 1912–1922 | Burnley | 82 | (0) |
| 1922–1923 | Accrington Stanley | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Clifford Jones was an English professional footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Gainsborough Trinity and Burnley.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Jones served as a gunner in the British Army during the First World War and saw action at Passchendaele.[4]
Career statistics[edit]
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| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Burnley | 1913–14[2] | First Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1914–15[5] | First Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1919–20[2] | First Division | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 1920–21[6] | First Division | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
| 1921–22[2] | First Division | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Career total | 73 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 76 | 0 | ||
Honours[edit]
Burnley
- Football League First Division: 1920–21[4]
- Football League Second Division second-place promotion: 1912–13[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 156. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b c d Cliff Jones at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Centaurus (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Burnley". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
- ^ a b c "Jones Cliff Gainsborough Trinity 1912". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Burnley Squad 1914/15 – World War One". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ Simpson, Ray (2007). The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club 1882–2007. Burnley Football Club. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-9557468-0-2.
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Categories:
- Footballers from Rotherham
- English men's footballers
- Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players
- Burnley F.C. players
- Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891) players
- English Football League players
- English football defender stubs
- Rotherham Town F.C. (1899) players
- Midland Football League players
- Men's association football fullbacks
- 1889 births
- British Army personnel of World War I