Cliff Matson arrived in Sydney in 1964 as a 17 year old to attend Uni of NSW and he played in the Sydney AFL competition until 1976.
In that time he played from combined Sydney University/Uni NSW; Uni NSW, Newtown and East Sydney.
Cliff played in Grand Finals in 10 of 11 years from 1965 to 1976 and winning Premierships in six of them 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973 & 1976.
He Captain/Coached East Sydney for four years: 1971 (Premiers), 1972, 1974 & 1975.
He won the Sanders Medal in three consecutive years 1966-68.
Cliff represented NSW from 1969-1975 and was captain in 1969.
In 1976 Cliff moved overseas, before returning to Perth where he still resides today.
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