Mal Griffiths
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| Mal Griffiths | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Malwyn Griffiths | |
| Date of birth | 8 March 1919 | |
| Place of birth | Merthyr Tydfil, Wales | |
| Date of death | April 1969 | |
| Playing position | Outside right | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1935-1938 1936-1937 1939-1957 1957-? |
Arsenal → Margate (loan) Leicester City Burton Albion |
9 (5) |
| National team | ||
| 1946-? | Wales | 11 (?) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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William Malwyn "Mal" Griffiths (8 March 1919 — April 1969) was a Welsh footballer.
Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Griffiths played as an outside right or right-winger. He started out in local football in Merthyr before signing for Arsenal in September 1935. An amateur at first, he spent nine months on loan at Arsenal's nursery club Margate between May 1936 and February 1937, turning professional on his return to Arsenal. He made his debut against Leicester City on February 2, 1938. He left Arsenal for Leicester City later that year, having played nine games and scoring five goals in 1937-38, missing out on a League Championship medal.
He went on to play for Leicester for 18 years. He was in the1949 FA Cup Final side that lost 3-1 to Wolverhampton Wanderers. He scored Leicester's goal and had another disallowed, which was later proven to have been a legitimate goal.[citation needed] He also won a Second Division medal in 1953-54 and eleven caps for Wales. He finished his career with Burton Albion. He died in 1969 at the age of 50.
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