Cliff Sander

{{Short description|Australian soccer player (1931–2022)}}

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| full_name = William Clifford Sander

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1931|11|4}}

| birth_place = Ipswich, Queensland

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| position = Midfielder

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| years1 = 1948–1958

| clubs1 = St Helens

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| years2 = 1958–?

| clubs2 = Brisbane Azzurri

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William Clifford Sander (4 November 1931 – 8 February 2022), known as Cliff Sander, was an Australian association footballer{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/S/SA.html|title=Australian Player Database -SA|publisher=ozfootball.net|access-date=10 June 2009}} who played as a midfielder.{{Worldfootball.net|cliff-sander}}

Club career

Sander played for the Ipswich Tech before moving to St Helens in 1948.{{cite web |title=Vale Cliff Sander |url=https://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news/vale-cliff-sander |website=Football Australia |access-date=9 March 2022 |date=10 February 2022}} He won the Queensland championship with St Helens at the age of 17 and the premiership in 1956.{{cite web |title=Vale Cliff Sander |url=https://footballqueensland.com.au/2022/02/10/vale-cliff-sander/ |website=Football Queensland |access-date=9 March 2022 |date=10 February 2022}} In 1958 he signed with Brisbane Azzurri. With Brisbane Azzurri, he won the premiership in 1961.

International career

Sander made his Australia national team debut in 1950 against New Caledonia. He went on to play 21 times for the Socceroos. Eight of those matches were 'A' internationals. Sander represented Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=290515/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104150002/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=290515/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2012|title=FIFA Player Statistics: Cliff Sander|publisher=FIFA|access-date=10 June 2009}}{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/24019 |title=Cliff Sander |work=Olympedia |access-date=1 December 2021}}

Personal life

Sander died on 8 February 2022, at the age of 90.

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