Cliff Winter Explained

Cliff Winter
Fullname:Clifford Winter
Birth Date:1884
Birth Place:Gateshead, England
Death Date:27
Death Place:Cambrai, France
Position:Inside left
Years1:1904–1905
Clubs1:Newcastle United
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Years2:1905
Clubs2:Gainsborough Trinity
Caps2:6
Goals2:1
Clubs3:South Shields Adelaide
Clubs4:Byker East End

Clifford Winter (1884 – 27 October 1918) was a professional footballer who played as an inside left in the Football League for Gainsborough Trinity.[1]

Personal life

Winter served as a corporal in the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) during the First World War and died of wounds at the Battle of Cambrai on 27 October 1918.[2] [3] He is buried in Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . Tony Brown . 2012 . 978-1905891610 . Nottingham . 317.
  2. Web site: Clifford Winter Service Record . 9 February 2023 . Football and the First World War . en-US.
  3. Web site: Waugh . Chris . 12 November 2018 . How Newcastle's fallen war heroes have been immortalised at St James' Park . 8 March 2019 . nechronicle.