| 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 | 26 | (3) |
| Macclesfield Town | |||
| Stafford Rangers | |||
| Buxton | |||
| Total | 309+ | (55+) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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John "Dickie" Cunliffe (4 February 1930 – 15 November 1975) was an English football left-winger. 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. In 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.
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A skilled left-winger adept at taking on defenders, his finishing was poor.[1]
Cunliffe joined Port Vale in December 1950, he played through some of the clubs best years, winning the Football League Third Division North title in 1953–54 and reaching the FA Cup semi-finals in 1954. On the way he outplayed Blackpool's Stanley Matthews at Vale Park.[2] He missed only one match of the Football League Fourth Division winning 1958–59 season, but was transferred to Stoke City, along with £2,000, in exchange for Peter Ford and Harry Oscroft in September 1959. He later played for Macclesfield Town, Stafford Rangers and Buxton.[3]