Percy Clifford

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Clifford in 1903

Percy Charles Clifford (* around 1877 in Cornwall ( England ), † around 1942 in Mexico ) was a football player , coach and official who came to Mexico in 1899 at the age of 22 , where he had a decisive influence on the early development of football would have.

Clifford's work in Mexico

First, the football fans Clifford member of the was Reforma Athletic Club , where he called the turn of the century (1900) is a football department in life that are the most successful team in Mexico before the First World War should develop and in the period 1906-1912 six league titles won . At that time, however, Clifford was already playing in the ranks of the British Club he founded , with which he won his first championship title as player-coach in the 1907/08 season. He had previously won the top scorer's crown in the 1904/05 and 1906/07 seasons, also in the ranks of the British Club .

After winning the cup competition in 1911 , the British Club began to disintegrate in the following season, prompting the football pioneer to set up a new club, Rovers FC . Due to the increased emigration of the British, who followed the call of the British government and went to the war raging in Europe, the dissolution of the rover FC could not be stopped. With that, the English influence disappeared from the league, which was now dominated by Spanish and local teams.

From then on, Clifford worked as a coach for non-English teams, such as Club Catalunya , founded in 1917 by Catalan immigrants , to which he joined in 1918, or Club Aurrerá , from which he was signed in 1924. He later led Club America to the championship in 1927 and 1928 with the typical English style (speed, physical combat strength and long passes to the top).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The 1912/13 season of the Mexican Primera Fuerza at RSSSF.com
  2. ^ Javier Bañuelos Rentería: Balón a tierra (1896-1932). Editorial Clío, México 1998, p. 56 ISBN 970-663-022-8 .
  3. ↑ Juan Cid y Mulet: Libro de Oro del Fútbol Mexicano , Tomo I, B. Costa-Amic, Mexico City, 1960, p. 138
  4. ^ Juan Cid y Mulet: Libro de Oro del Fútbol Mexicano , p. 147
  5. ↑ Javier Bañuelos Rentería: Balón a tierra (1896-1932) , Editorial Clío, México 1998, p. 52
  6. ^ The championships of the Club América (until 1989; Spanish)
personal data
SURNAME Clifford, Percy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clifford, Percy Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player, coach, soccer official
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Cornwall , England
DATE OF DEATH 20th century