Cliff Portwood
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Clifford Portwood | ||
| Date of birth | 17 October 1937 | ||
| Place of birth | Salford, Greater Manchester, England | ||
| Date of death | 10 January 2012 (aged 74) | ||
| Place of death | Basingstoke, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Youth career | |||
| Manchester Athletic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1955–1959 | Preston North End | 0 | (0) |
| 1959–1961 | Port Vale | 61 | (33) |
| 1961–1963 | Grimsby Town | 92 | (35) |
| 1963–1969 | Portsmouth | 98 | (28) |
| Durban United | |||
| Total | 251+ | (96+) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Clifford Portwood (17 October 1937 – 10 January 2012) was an English footballer and later singer and television personality.
A winger and inside forward, he scored 96 goals in 252 league games in a 14-year career in the Football League. He spent 1955 to 1959 at Preston North End, without making an appearance, before he was sold on to Port Vale for £750. He was sold on to Grimsby Town for £6,000 in July 1961 and helped the club to win promotion out of the Third Division in 1961–62. He moved on to Portsmouth for £4,000 in 1963, where he remained for the next six years before he left the professional game to move to South Africa. He later became a successful singer and television personality in Australia.