Background
Griffiths was born in Stoke-upon-Trent and joined Stoke from Hartshill in 1904.
Griffiths was born in Stoke-upon-Trent and joined Stoke from Hartshill in 1904.
He made his debut for Stoke at the age of 20 and scored his first goal against Everton on 3 April 1906. When Stoke went out the Football League at the end of the 1907-1908 due to heavy finical problems Griffiths left and signed for Second Division side Oldham Athletic. After scoring just 4 goals for the "Latics" in 1908-1909 he returned to Stoke and in 1909-1910 he had a prolific season in front of goal scoring 38 goals in all competitions.
He could not maintain his run in front of goal however and in the next two seasons he scored 13 goals.
He left in 1913 to play for Welsh side Wrexham.