William Tunicliffe (born 1864) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke. His brother John was also a footballer.

Career

Tunnicliffe was born in

Hanley Hanley is one of the six towns that, along with Burslem, Longton, Fenton, Tunstall and Stoke-upon-Trent, amalgamated to form the City of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. Hanley is the ''de facto'' city centre, having long been the ...

, Stoke-upon-Trent and played for Hanley Town before joining Stoke in 1888. He made his League debut on 8 September 1888, as a winger for Stoke in a 2–0 defeat by West Bromwich Albion at the Victoria Ground. He played in nine matches for Stoke during the first season of the Football League where he scored four goals with two braces against Burnley and Notts County. He left the club at the end of the season and joined Middlewich.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tunnicliffe, Billy English men's footballers Stoke City F.C. players Year of death missing 1864 births Men's association football wingers Footballers from Hanley, Staffordshire