Ken Griffiths

Ken Griffiths
Personal information
Full name Kenneth James Griffiths[1]
Date of birth (1930-04-02)2 April 1930
Place of birth Abbey Hulton, Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Date of death 10 August 2008(2008-08-10) (aged 78)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Abbey Hulton Youth Club
Northwood Mission
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945–1958 Port Vale 179 (52)
1958–1959 Mansfield Town 42 (7)
Stafford Rangers
Wellington Town
Sankeys
1961 Macclesfield Town 6 (0)
Northwich Victoria
Nantwich Town
Total 227+ (59+)
Managerial career
1964 Stafford Rangers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenneth James Griffiths (2 April 1930 – 10 August 2008) 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.[2]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference kent was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Tong, Graham (11 August 2008). "Port Vale: Tributes to hero who 'made team tick'". The Sentinel. Retrieved 11 November 2010.