Splott-born Stitfall played more than 400 games for his hometown club
Former Wales and Cardiff City footballer Ron Stitfall has died at the age of 82.
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Stitfall played his entire career for the Bluebirds, his hometown club, making 421 appearances and scoring eight goals from 1947 until 1963.
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He played almost of his games at full back winning two Welsh caps and later became the national team's kit man.
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The Football Association of Wales described Stitfall as "one of the great unsung heroes of Welsh football."
Stitfall also coached at Newport County and up until a few years ago was a regular spectator at Ninian Park until he began to suffer from Alzheimer's Disease.
The Splott-born player retired from the game on his 38th birthday in December 1963 and was said to have died on Sunday 22 June.
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