Ronald Clayton was an English footballer who made nearly 600 appearances in the Football League playing for Blackburn Rovers. He was capped 35 times for England between 1955 and 1960.
Clayton in 1959
Clayton – front row centre – in a England national football team photo before playing against Sweden men's national football team, October 1959.
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…made nearly 600 appearances in the Football League playing for Blackburn Rovers. He was capped 35 times for England between 1955 and 1960. Clayton, a right half, began his career with Blackburn Rovers (where his elder brother Ken was also a squad member). He made his first-team debut as a 16-year-old in the…
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