Nick's Collingwood Bulletin Board

Jeff Clifton who played full back for the Pies in the 70's is currently in hospital battling Prostrate Cancer.
Clifton was one of my boyhood heros and a decent bloke to boot who is always up for a chat.
Clifton was a member of the 1970 Grand Final playing full back. Recruited to the magpies as a twenty year old from W.A

Best of luck jeff our thoughts are with you mate.

Thanks for letting us know Joffa. I'll say a prayer for Jeff Clifton. One of the unsung greats of our club. I loved his ability to blanket opposition players and launch attacks from defence.

Sad to hear Joffa & thanks for letting us know. Hope he recovers well. being of a similar vintage as you (I suspect) he too was another of the childhhod / adoescent heroes of mine.

never saw the bloke play , havnt even heard of him much but as a pies player i hope he can dig down deep and push through

goodluck jeff best of wishes mate

I remember Jeff Clifton. As I kid in the 70s I used to tune into 3KZ or 3AW to get the teams as they were being announced on a Thursday, and they would always read out Collingwoods as:

"From the backline - O'Callaghan Clifton Gott..."

No computers or internet back then, it was either TV or radio or the papers for your footy news.

He was a very solid defender, but I remember him playing on Peter Hudson in Huddo's "comeback" game in 73? and Huddo kicked 8 on him. We still beat the Hawks however, and Clifton employed the unusual tactic of manning up on Hudson by turning his back on the play and just facing Hudson (didn't work obvioulsy, but it was a big talking point).

Jeff was a great Pie fullback, he and ted potter were like rocks in defence. Best of luck Jeff, great memories of you kicking drop kicks out long from full back.

Jeff was a fantastic player for Collingwood. Very quiet personality, but got the job done well!

Best of luck Jeff, and all you blokes, get the blood test early!

Jeff Clifton sadly passed away yesterday

Condolences to his family

RIP Jeff Clifton

So sorry, such very sad news. Respect to Jeff Clifton's family.

Oh no.... so very sorry to hear that.....

My deepest condolences to his family and friends....

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Very sad news. Jeff was a very underrated player, in an era where there were quite a few very good full backs around. Condolences to the Clifton family. I hope he enjoyed the grand final.

Geez what terrible news. I can still picture Jeff Clifton at Victoria Park.

I hope he enjoyed our grand final win Joffa.

Vale mate. The next flag's for you.

rip jeff clifton.

He'll be cheering our boys on from above. R.I.P Jeff Clifton.

One of my early favourites. Had to play on the likes of Hudson and could so easily have been a premiership Pie. RIP