Cliff Durandt

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Cliff Durandt
Personnel
Surname Clifford Michael Durandt
birthday April 16, 1940
place of birth Johannesburg ,  South Africa
date of death October 3, 2002
Place of death Johannesburg ,  South Africa
position Winger
Juniors
Years station
Marist Brothers
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1957-1963 Wolverhampton Wanderers 43 (9)
1963-1965 Charlton Athletic 36 (4)
1 Only league games are given.

Clifford Michael "Cliff" Durandt (born April 16, 1940 in Johannesburg , † October 3, 2002 ibid) was a South African football player . As a player for Wolverhampton Wanderers , he had only a small share in winning the two English championships in the seasons 1957/58 and 1958/59. Later he was active in London for Charlton Athletic until his return home .

Athletic career

Durandt, who also played rugby in his youth , stood out as a footballer in a friendly game in South Africa in 1957 when he showed a good performance with a local selection against the Wolverhampton Wanderers touring there . Wolverhampton's trainer Stan Cullis then guided him to his team, so that Durandt was shortly afterwards by ship on the way from Cape Town to the British Isles. In the "Wolves" he was first used in the youth team, with which he won the 1958 FA Youth Cup . During this time, the first team was English champions twice in a row in both 1958 and 1959 and Durandt's contribution was limited to his debut appearance on November 4, 1958 in a 4-0 win against Manchester United . The final sporting breakthrough was denied him in the following years and the winger was in the pecking order behind competitors such as Des Horne (who had also been signed from South Africa), Alan Hinton , Norman Deeley and (initially) Jimmy Mullen . His best season was 1960/61, when he played 26 competitive games, including three in the European Cup , scoring eight goals (including two away at Blackpool FC ). In March 1963 it was finally sold on to the second division club Charlton Athletic for a transfer fee of £ 15,000 .

At the London club Durandt played 36 league games until the mid-1960s, scoring four goals before returning to his South African homeland.

Without sport, Durandt gained significantly in body weight in the second half of his life, which in turn led to health problems. He died at the age of 62 after suffering three serious heart attacks in one day.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Colin Cameron: The Valiant 500 . Colin Cameron, Sidcup 1991, ISBN 978-0-9517729-0-4 , pp. 298 f .
  2. ↑ "Memories Of Cliff" (Wolves Heroes)
personal data
SURNAME Durandt, Cliff
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Durandt, Clifford Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Johannesburg
DATE OF DEATH October 3, 2002
Place of death Johannesburg