Ken Griffiths
Football, Football player
1930 – 2008
Who was Ken Griffiths?
Kenneth James "Ken" Griffiths was an English footballer. A forward, he scored 59 goals in 221 games in the Football League.
With Port Vale between 1945 and 1958, a bright period of the club's history, he scored 56 goals in 196 appearances in league and cup competitions. He helped the club to the Third Division North title and the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 1953–54. He moved on to Mansfield Town in January 1958, before moving into non-league football with Stafford Rangers, Wellington Town, Sankeys, Macclesfield Town, Northwich Victoria, Nantwich Town and Wolstanton United. Griffiths died in August 2008, at the age of 78. He was survived by wife Nancy and daughter Valerie, grandchildren Andrea, Nicola, and Tracey, and five great-grandchildren. He died days apart from former teammate Selwyn Whalley.
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- Born
- Apr 2, 1930
Abbey Hulton - Nationality
- England
- Lived in
- Abbey Hulton
- Died
- Aug 9, 2008
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on July 23, 2013
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