He made over 150 appearances in The Football League during spells with Barnsley, Carlisle United, Queens Park Rangers, Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic and Swindon Town.
After retiring from playing, he worked for several Football League sides in various roles, including a one-match spell as caretaker-manager of Cardiff City in November 1973.
Born in Royston, West Riding of Yorkshire, Clayton began playing football for Barnsley during the Second World War.
[2] After finishing his playing career Clayton remained in football, working in several roles for Cambridge United and Doncaster Rovers.
[4] He then moved to Middlesbrough FC as physio under John Neal in 1977 Clayton retired to the village of Redcar with his wife Joyce.