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Cliff Winter

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Cliff Winter
Personal information
Full name Clifford Winter[1]
Date of birth 1884
Place of birth Gateshead, England
Date of death 27 October 1918 (aged 33–34)[2]
Place of death Cambrai, France
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1904–1905 Newcastle United 0 (0)
1905 Gainsborough Trinity 6 (1)
South Shields Adelaide
Byker East End
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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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.[3][4] He is buried in Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 317. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Clifford Winter | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  4. ^ Waugh, Chris (12 November 2018). "How Newcastle's fallen war heroes have been immortalised at St James' Park". nechronicle. Retrieved 8 March 2019.