Former Port Vale striker Cliff Portwood has passed away at the age of 74 after a long battle with lung disease.
Portwood signed for the Valiants for £750 in 1959 and was the club's leading scorer in the 1960/61 season with 26 goals.
After scoring 38 goals in 72 games in his two seasons with Vale, he was sold to Grimsby for £6,000 in 1961, and subsequently spent six years at Portsmouth.
Following his retirement in 1970, he emigrated to South Africa before returning to England in 2008.
























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