Fred Price (footballer)

Fred Price

Personal information
Full name	Frederick Thomas Price
Date of birth	24 October 1901
Place of birth	Ibstock, England
Playing position	Inside 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Frederick Thomas "Fred" Price (born 24 October 1901) was an English footballer who played at outside left for various clubs in the 1920s.

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",^[1] 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^[1] in the early part of the 1924–25 season, before the return of Jimmy Carr.^[2] Price was unable to break back into the side and in May 1925 he asked for a transfer.^[1]

In the 1925 close-season, Price moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers for a fee of £250,^[1] 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. Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 275. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
2. Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. pp. 72–73. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.