:Cliff Thrift

{{Short description|American football player (born 1956)}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Cliff Thrift

| number = 59, 52

| position = Linebacker

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|5|3}}

| birth_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 232

| high_school = Purcell (OK)

| college = East Central

| draftyear = 1979

| draftround = 3

| draftpick = 73

| pastteams =

• San Diego Chargers ({{NFL Year|1979|1984}})
• Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|1985}})
• Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1986}})

| highlights = * Super Bowl champion (XX)

| statlabel1 = Sacks

| statvalue1 = 2.0

| statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue2 = 5

| statlabel3 = Interceptions

| statvalue3 = 3

| pfr = T/ThriCl20

}}

Clifford Thrift (born May 3, 1956) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Diego Chargers, Chicago Bears, and Los Angeles Rams. He played college football for the East Central Tigers.

Thrift attended Purcell High School in Purcell, Oklahoma and was a member of the 1972 Purcell Football Class A State Championship Team. He then attended East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, before being drafted in the third round of the 1979 NFL draft. He was a part of the Bears team that won Super Bowl XX.{{Cite web |date=1986-01-27 |title=Bears Trounce Patriots, 46-10, in Super Bowl |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-01-27-mn-540-story.html |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}