Geoff Barrowcliffe
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Geoffrey Barrowcliffe | ||
| Date of birth | 18 October 1931 | ||
| Place of birth | Little Eaton Derbyshire | ||
| Date of death | 26 September 2009 (aged 77) | ||
| Place of death | Ilkeston, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft (152 cm) 10.5 | ||
| Playing position | Full-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| –1950 | Ilkeston Town | ||
| 1950–1966 | Derby County | 475 | (37) |
| 1966–1967 | Boston United | 41 | (11) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Geoff Barrowcliffe (18 October 1931 in Little Eaton Derbyshire [1] – 26 September 2009[2]) was a professional footballer who played as a fullback in The Football League for Derby County, and also played for several non-league clubs.
Barrowcliffe began his career at non-league Ilkeston Town, before being signed by Derby in October 1950. He spent the next 16 years at the Baseball Ground, and played 475 league games for the Rams.[3] He also scored 37 goals for the club, most of them from the penalty spot.
He left Derby at the end of the 1965–66, and joined Boston United, where he played 41 games and scored 11 goals.[4]
He later played for Heanor Town, Moor Green Colliery, Kimberley Town and Long Eaton United and managed Kimberley Town and Radford.
Barrowcliffe died in Ilkeston on 26 September 2009, a few weeks before his 78th birthday. He had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease.[2] Minute silences were observed before both Derby County's Championship game against Sheffield Wednesday on October 3 and a friendly between Derby and Ilkeston Town on October 5.
References
- ↑ Soccer Who's Who compiled by Maurice Golesworthy The Sportsmans Book Club London 1965
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Former Rams hero Barrowcliffe dies aged 77". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- ↑ "Geoff Barrowclough". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
- ↑ "Boston United Roll Call". Boston United - The Original Website (unofficial). Retrieved 2009-09-29.