Full name:Winston Clayton
Position:Centre-forward/Inside forward
Date of Birth:1940
Place of Birth:Tandragee, Northern Ireland
Date of Death:May 2016
Place of Death:Newry, Northern Ireland
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Playing career:

SeasonTeamGpdAss
Tandragee Rovers
1955-1956Bessbrook
1956-1957Linfield
1957-1958Linfield
1958-1959
1959-1960
1960-1961Vancouver St. Andrews14
1961-1962Vancouver St. Andrews
1962Toronto City
1962-1963Portadown
1963-1964Portadown

Bio:

Signed by Linfield player coach Jackie Milburn in 1957. Played mostly for Linfield Swifts and Linfield Rangers.

Emigrated to Canada in 1960. Signed for Pacific Coast Soccer League club Vancouver St. Andrews on Tuesday 27 September 1960.

Received an offer from Toronto City in May 1962. Arrived in Toronto on Thursday 21 June 1962.

Made his debut in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League against Toronto Roma on Saturday 23 June 1962.

Returned to Northern Ireland in July 1962 and signed for Portadown.

He was released by Portadown in November 1963.

Died at the Southern Area Hospice in Newry in May 2016.

Sources:

newspapers.com

Linfield Football Club