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Born in Münster, West Germany, Short grew up in Yorkshire and followed his older brother Craig from non-league Pickering Town on to Scarborough.
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He also played non-league football for Pickering Town and Hinckley United. Brian Little took him to Stoke City on a free transfer in 1998 and impressed as an attacking right back. However, just a month into his Stoke career he collapsed on the edge of the pitch at Fulham on 8 September 1998 and had to be revived with oxygen.
Short went on a number of checks at the hospital but they found no problems with him.
He was put on a sodium diet and says that he always felt "tired and out of breath". Eventually he was diagnosed with a circulation disorder and retired from playing after ending his career with Scarborough and Hinckley United.
