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Cliff Bastin

English footballer (1912-1991)

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Born
March 14, 1912
Died
December 4, 1991
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1912

About Cliff Bastin

Clifford Sydney Bastin was an English footballer who played as a winger for Exeter City and Arsenal. He also played for the England national team. Bastin is Arsenal's third-highest goalscorer of all time. Bastin made his début against Everton on 5 October 1929 and was immediately a first-team regular, making 21 league and 8 cup appearances that season. With Arsenal, Bastin won the FA Cup twice, in 1929–30 and 1935–36, and the First Division title five times, in 1930–31, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35 and 1937–38. But the 17-year-old Bastin's ability became so evident to him that he decided to sign him in May 1929.

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Cliff Bastin timeline

  1. Bastin made his début against Everton on 5 October 1929 and was immediately a first-team regular, making 21 league and 8 cup appearances that season.
  2. With Arsenal, Bastin won the FA Cup twice, in 1929–30 and 1935–36, and the First Division title five times, in 1930–31, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35 and 1937–38.
  3. But the 17-year-old Bastin's ability became so evident to him that he decided to sign him in May 1929.

The world when Cliff Bastin was born

Cliff Bastin was born in 1912. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1912

  • Best-selling book"The Harvester" – Gene Stratton-Porter

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJim Thorpe wins two gold medals at the Stockholm Olympics
  • Top headlineRMS Titanic sinks on maiden voyage — 1,500+ die
  • Technology milestoneFirst parachute jump from an airplane
  • World population~1.72B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
  • U.S. population94.6M

1912 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Cliff Bastin's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19122026
Population94.6M341 million

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