Freddy Price

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Freddy Price
Personal information
Full name Frederick Price[1]
Date of birth 1888
Place of birth Brierley Hill, England[1]
Date of death 1960 (aged 71–72)
Height 5 ft 7+12 in (1.71 m)[2]
Position(s) Right-half
Youth career
Dudley Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1911–1920 Wolverhampton Wanderers 116 (0)
1920–1921 Port Vale 19 (1)
1921–1922 Newport County 27 (1)
Total 162 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frederick Price (1888–1960) was an English former footballer who played at right-half for Dudley Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Port Vale, and Newport County.

Career[edit]

Price played for Dudley Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers.[1] During the war he made three guest appearances for Port Vale in March and April 1917, and also guested for Sunbeam Motor Works.[1] He joined Port Vale permanently in August 1920 and went straight into the first-team.[1] He scored his first and only goal for the club on 13 November, in a 4–0 win over Hull City at The Old Recreation Ground.[1] He lost his first-team place the next month, and was released at the end of the season with 19 Second Division appearances to his name. He moved on to Newport County.[1]

Career statistics[edit]

Source:[3]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1912–13 Second Division 15 0 0 0 15 0
1913–14 Second Division 38 0 3 0 41 0
1914–15 Second Division 35 0 2 0 37 2
1919–20 Second Division 28 0 3 0 31 0
Total 116 0 8 0 124 0
Port Vale 1920–21 Second Division 19 1 0 0 19 1
Newport County 1921–22 Third Division South 27 1 3 0 30 1
Career total 162 2 11 0 173 2

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 239. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0. ASIN 0952915200.
  2. ^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Wolverhampton Wanderers". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ Freddy Price at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)