Stephen Clifford

Stephen Clifford
Personal information
Date of birth18 September 1956
Original teamBanyule
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1978-1986
1973-1978		Port Adelaide (SANFL)
Collingwood (VFL)		162 (174)
38 (13)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1986 season.
Career highlights
  • Gardiner Medal 1974
  • 3-times Port Adelaide premiership player: 1979, 1980 & 1981
  • Best & Fairest Port Adelaide: 1978, 1980 & 1983

Stephen 'Bomber' Clifford (born 18 September 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club and in the Victorian Football League (VFL), playing for the Collingwood Football Club.

Clifford made his senior VFL debut for Collingwood as a 16 year old in 1973, won the Gardiner Medal for Best and Fairest player in the VFL reserves the next season but could only amass 38 senior games for Collingwood until 1978. Recruited by SANFL club Port Adelaide early in the 1978 season, Clifford immediately starred, winning the first of his three club Best and Fairests that year. Clifford played in Port Adelaide's premiership teams of 1979, 1980, and 1981, and won further best & fairest awards in 1980 and 1983. While Clifford may be less remembered than other higher-profile Port players of his era, the fact that he won three club best and fairest awards over a six-year period is testament to his talent and consistency.

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