Clive Griffiths | |
Full Name: | Clive Leslie Griffiths |
Birth Date: | 22 January 1955 |
Birth Place: | Pontypridd, Wales |
Death Place: | Kansas, U.S. |
Position: | Defender |
Youthclubs1: | Manchester United |
Years1: | 1973–1975 |
Years2: | 1974 |
Years3: | 1975–1977 |
Years4: | 1975–1977 |
Years5: | 1977–1979 |
Years6: | 1979–1980 |
Years7: | 1980 |
Years8: | 1980–1981 |
Years9: | 1981–1985 |
Clubs1: | Manchester United |
Clubs2: | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) |
Clubs3: | Tranmere Rovers |
Clubs4: | → Chicago Sting (loan) |
Clubs5: | Chicago Sting |
Clubs6: | Tulsa Roughnecks (indoor) |
Clubs7: | Tulsa Roughnecks |
Clubs8: | Chicago Horizon (indoor) |
Clubs9: | Kansas City Comets (indoor) |
Caps1: | 7 |
Caps2: | 11 |
Caps3: | 59 |
Caps4: | 44 |
Caps5: | 82 |
Caps6: | 12 |
Caps7: | 16 |
Caps8: | 40 |
Caps9: | 112 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Goals4: | 2 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Goals6: | 1 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Goals8: | 1 |
Goals9: | 2 |
Clive Leslie Griffiths (22 January 1955 – 29 April 2022) was a Welsh footballer.
Griffiths was born in Pontypridd on 22 January 1955. He played for Manchester United, Plymouth Argyle and Tranmere Rovers. He also played in the NASL between 1975 and 1980 for the Chicago Sting and Tulsa Roughnecks and for the Chicago Horizon and Kansas City Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League.
In 1983, Griffiths was diagnosed with cancer, and continued to play while receiving chemotherapy.[1]
Griffiths died in Kansas on 29 April 2022, at the age of 67.[2]