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Almond was selected as part of
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on 31 December 1954 and played eight league games in the 1954–55 season.
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He made a brief stint at Sydney club North Shore for a year in 1947.
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Cliff Almond died on 4 November 2018 at age 88 in his hometown
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314:. He then played for Scottish club
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1674:J. Honeysett
1664:Hetherington
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933:B. Henderson
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86:Right winger
35:Cliff Almond
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2019:Worthington
1589:Di Fabrizio
1534:Constantine
1509:D. Campbell
1404:P. O'Connor
1238:Utjesenovic
1158:Raskopoulos
1148:Postecoglou
1108:S. O'Connor
818:E. Campbell
778:Baumgartner
594:My Football
574:16 December
546:16 December
308:Aston Villa
282:Club career
156:North Shore
78:Position(s)
73:, Australia
54:, Australia
2039:Categories
1924:J. Thomson
1919:E. Thomson
1894:Sutherland
1864:Scheinflug
1804:Poulakakis
1689:Kannangara
1679:Hutchinson
1464:Bainbridge
1424:Wainwright
1369:Gegenhuber
1334:Casagrande
456:References
274:Early life
1999:Weinstein
1994:E. Watson
1944:Valentine
1859:L. Schwab
1854:B. Schwab
1849:Scarsella
1789:Papasavas
1769:P. Murray
1764:L. Murray
1744:McDermott
1734:Maramaris
1564:Dalgleish
1524:Cockerill
1499:Broadbent
1469:Bambridge
1414:Salisbury
1399:J. Murray
1379:S. Hughes
1329:Brentnall
1283:Wilkinson
1278:J. Watson
1248:T. Vidmar
1243:A. Vidmar
1198:Schwarzer
1163:Ratcliffe
1003:Lazaridis
948:J. Hughes
858:Crowhurst
798:Bresciano
758:Armstrong
403:Australia
374:Friendly
226:Australia
200:1955–1969
182:1954–1955
166:1953–1954
136:1946–1947
82:Full-back
32:Full name
1969:Villiers
1889:R. Smith
1874:Sermanni
1774:Nikolich
1614:Fletcher
1609:Economos
1594:Dockerty
1539:Corrigan
1504:Brusasco
1494:Boskovic
1394:Monteath
1384:McCallum
1359:Garriock
1288:Williams
1218:T. Smith
1213:G. Smith
1193:Schaefer
1173:Richards
1143:Petersen
1118:Ollerton
1103:Nyskohus
1083:Moriarty
1068:Mitchell
1053:McMillan
1033:Marocchi
1018:Loughran
993:Krncevic
973:Johnston
963:Jennings
953:Ivanović
883:Drummond
873:Davidson
843:Coolahan
838:Conquest
803:Buljevic
738:Ackerley
437:Cessnock
347:Cessnock
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171:Cessnock
141:Cessnock
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2009:Wilkins
1989:Wallace
1984:Walkley
1979:Vrolyks
1974:Vlasits
1949:Van Ryn
1884:Simmons
1844:Sandell
1829:Roberts
1794:Perkins
1754:McShane
1714:Lefevre
1649:Grimson
1644:P. Gray
1634:Gilmour
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1604:Dunster
1569:De Witt
1529:Connell
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1484:Bayutti
1474:Barclay
1434:Wheeler
1429:Wardell
1389:Millman
1324:Alagich
1273:Watkiss
1223:Stewart
1133:Parsons
1128:O'Neill
1048:Maunder
1043:Masters
1038:Marston
1008:Lennard
988:Kosmina
923:Harding
913:I. Gray
813:Cameron
788:Bignall
783:Bennett
719:Players
630:23 June
432:Honours
253:forward
2024:Wright
1964:Vessey
1939:Tuting
1934:Turner
1929:Thorne
1914:Thomas
1909:Telfer
1904:Taylor
1879:Shield
1834:Robins
1824:Rennie
1784:Ogston
1779:Oakley
1749:McIver
1719:Lennie
1704:Krüger
1684:Kamasz
1654:Harlow
1619:George
1599:Druery
1579:Dettre
1574:Desira
1559:Culina
1514:Caruso
1489:Blanco
1479:Barlow
1409:Peters
1374:Heydon
1354:Forman
1303:Zabica
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1293:Wilson
1268:Warren
1258:Vojtek
1253:Viduka
1228:Tansey
1208:Slater
1203:Sharne
1183:Sander
1178:Rooney
1168:Reilly
1093:Murphy
1088:Morrow
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928:Harris
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903:Fraser
898:Farina
863:Curran
828:Clarke
773:Barnes
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2014:Woods
2004:Wells
1959:Vella
1869:Selby
1839:Royal
1809:Rasic
1799:Pless
1759:Miles
1739:Matić
1724:Logan
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1659:Heath
1639:Grant
1624:Gibbs
1554:Crook
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1544:Crisp
1454:Allen
1349:Dolan
1317:Women
1308:Zelic
1233:Tobin
1188:Savor
1153:Quill
1138:Perin
1123:Olver
1073:Moore
1063:Melta
1028:Maher
978:Keith
968:Johns
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848:Corry
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341:Death
109:Years
1899:Tagg
1819:Reid
1729:Lowy
1709:Lamb
1669:Hoar
1584:Dick
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632:2009
576:2020
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