Billy Tunnicliffe

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Billy Tunnicliffe
Personal information
Full name	William Francis Tunnicliffe
Date of birth	5 January 1920(1920-01-05)
Place of birth	Stoke-on-Trent, England
Date of death	1997 (Age 77)
Playing position	Outside left
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1937–1938 1938–1947 1947–1953 1953–1955	Port Vale A.F.C. Bournemouth Wrexham Bradford City Stafford Rangers	003 0(0) 049 0(7) 236 (74) 089 (20)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

William Francis 'Billy' Tunnicliffe (born 5 January 1920 in Stoke-on-Trent, England; died 1997) was a professional footballer who played outside left at A.F.C. Bournemouth, Wrexham and Bradford City.

Tunnicliffe started at Port Vale before he moved to A.F.C. Bournemouth a year before the Second World War. He played 49 games at Bournemouth before he spent six seasons at Wrexham where he made 236 appearances scoring 74 goals. In 1953 he signed for Bradford City where he spent two-and-a-half seasons, scoring 20 goals in 89 league matches. He left for Stafford Rangers.