William Price (footballer)

William Price

Personal information
Full name	William John Price[1]
Date of birth	4 December 1903[1]
Place of birth	Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, India[1]
Date of death	22 June 1987 (aged 83)[1]
Place of death	Swansea, Wales[1]
Playing position	Inside-left
Youth career
	Coldstream Guards
	10th Royal Hussars
	Woking Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1928	Brentford	1	(0)
1929–1937	Fulham	190	(49)
1937	Port Vale	13	(2)
National team
	England amateur
1929	Football Association
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

William John Price (4 December 1903 – 22 June 1987) was an English footballer, who was born in India. An inside-left, he played for Brentford, Fulham, Port Vale, and England amateurs. His most significant spell was with Fulham from 1929 to 1937, who he helped to win the Third Division South title in 1931–32.

Club career

Price played for the Coldstream Guards and the 10th Royal Hussars. He began his professional career at Isthmian League side Woking Town and joined Third Division South side Brentford in 1928, making his first professional appearance.^[2] He played for Fulham between 1928 and 1937, making 205 appearances in all competitions for the club and scoring 53 goals. The "Cottagers" won promotion out of the Third Division South in 1931–32, and remained in the Second Division until World War II.

He joined Port Vale in May 1937.^[1] He scored two goals in 13 Third Division North games in the 1937–38 season, but had his contract at The Old Recreation Ground cancelled by mutual consent in November 1937 as he wished to travel south to work as a coach.^[1] Price became a coach at Wimbledon upon leaving Port Vale.^[1] He later moved on to become the coach of Yiewsley, before his appointment as assistant secretary of Fulham.^[1]

International career

While with Woking, Price won three England Amateur international caps.^[2] In 1929, he was invited to a trial with the full England side and was included in the Football Association XI for a tour of South Africa and Rhodesia the same year.^[2][3]

Honours

with Fulham

• Football League Third Division South champion: 1931–32

References

1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 239. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
2. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 128. ISBN 978-0955294914.
3. FA Tours RSSSF