Jeff Clifton | |
Fullname: | Jeff N. Clifton |
Birth Date: | 21 February 1949 |
Originalteam: | Floreat Park |
Height: | 193 cm |
Weight: | 84 kg |
Position: | Full-back |
Statsend: | 1976 |
Years1: | 1969–1974 |
Club1: | Collingwood |
Games Goals1: | 102 (0) |
Years2: | 1975–1976 |
Club2: | Fitzroy |
Games Goals2: | 9 (0) |
Games Goalstotal: | 111 (0) |
Jeff Clifton (21 February 1949 – 18 October 2010)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Clifton, from Western Australia, was a regular member of the Collingwood defence during the early 1970s. He was their full-back in Collingwood's 1970 VFL Grand Final loss to Carlton and in 1975 made the switch to Fitzroy which enabled him to play a further two league seasons.He died from prostate cancer in 2010.