Patrick Christopher Ratcliffe (31 December 1919 – March 1986) was an Irish footballer who played as a full back.
He was injured in combat while serving for the Allies and spent two years in a Prisoner-of-war camp before returning home.
[2] Ratcliffe made two league appearances in the 1946–47 season before joining Plymouth Argyle, where he would eventually finish his career.
A cultured, attacking full back,[1] who was also a capable penalty taker, he made 246 appearances in all competitions for the Pilgrims between 1947 and 1955, scoring ten goals, before retiring from the professional game at the age of 35.
Paddy had married a Dublin woman named Olive Privett in 1946 and they set off for a new life in Los Angeles in 1957.