 He claimed a third senior winners' medal after lining out at right wing-forward in the 3-08 to 1-12 defeat of University College Cork in the 1960 final.Clifford first played for Cork as a member of the minor team during the 1950 Munster Championship.He made his first appearance for the team on 26 June 1950 when he scored three points from left wing-forward in the 3-07 to 2-06 defeat by Waterford.