John Cunliffe (footballer, born 1930)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Cunliffe | ||
| Date of birth | 4 February 1930 | ||
| Place of birth | Wigan, England | ||
| Date of death | 15 November 1975 (aged 45) | ||
| Place of death | Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Playing position | Left winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950–1959 | Port Vale | 283 | (52) |
| 1959–1960 | Stoke City | 25 | (3) |
| 1960–1963 | Macclesfield Town | 98 | (34) |
| Stafford Rangers | |||
| Buxton | |||
| Total | 406+ | (89+) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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John Cunliffe (4 February 1930 – 15 November 1975) was an English footballer who played on the left wing. He made 309 appearances in the Football League, scoring 55 goals.
Signed to Port Vale for almost the whole of the 1950s, he was on the wing for one of the most exciting periods of the club's history, with Vale Park still freshly built. He helped the club to the Third Division North title in 1953–54 and the Fourth Division title in 1958–59. In September 1959 he crossed the city to play one season with Stoke City. He then became a non-league player with Macclesfield Town, Stafford Rangers and Buxton.
Cunliffe joined Gordon Hodgson's Port Vale in December 1950, and went on to feature in eight Third Division South games in 1950–51. He scored his first goal in the Football League on 30 April 1951, in a 2–0 win over Exeter City at Vale Park. He played 11 games in 1951–52 and 19 games in 1952–53, as new boss Freddie Steele took the "Valiants" to second in the Third Division North.
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