Fred Price (footballer)

Frederick Thomas Price (24 October 1901 – 16 November 1985)[2] was an English footballer who played at outside left for various clubs in the 1920s.

Fred Price
Personal information
Full name Frederick Thomas Price
Date of birth (1901-10-24)24 October 1901
Place of birth Ibstock, England
Date of death 16 November 1985(1985-11-16) (aged 84)[1]
Place of death Coalville,[1] England
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2][3]
Position(s) Outside left
Youth career
– Coalville Swifts
– Whitwick Imperial
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920–1924 Leicester City 4 (0)
1924–1925 Southampton 9 (0)
1925–1927 Wolverhampton Wanderers 39 (8)
1927–1928 Chesterfield 25 (6)
– Burton Town
– Nuneaton Town
– Midland Red Sports (Coalville)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career

Price was born at Ibstock, Leicestershire, and played his youth football with Coalville Swifts and Whitwick Imperial before joining Leicester City in November 1920.

After four seasons at Filbert Street, where he was considered to be a "clever player",[4] Price moved to the south coast to join Southampton in May 1924 along with half-back Dennis Jones as part of an exchange deal that saw full-back Harry Hooper move in the opposite direction. At The Dell, Price briefly formed a left-wing partnership with his uncle Cliff Price[4] in the early part of the 1924–25 season, before the return of Jimmy Carr.[5] Price was unable to break back into the side and in May 1925 he asked for a transfer.[4]

In the 1925 close-season, Price moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers for a fee of £250,[4] where he remained for two seasons before joining Chesterfield in 1927.

Family

Fred's brother Jack was also a footballer with Leicester City, Bristol Rovers, Swindon Town and Torquay United.

References
  1. Basson, Stuart (25 May 2016). "Chesterfield FC: Player-based information: 1921–2016". cfchistory.com. Archived from the original (XLSX) on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan & Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Southampton: Hagiology Publishing. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6.
  3. "The lure of promotion. Leicester City". Athletic News. Manchester. 13 August 1923. p. 6.
  4. Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 275. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
  5. Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. pp. 72–73. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
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