Frederick Thomas Price (24 October 1901 – 16 November 1985) was an English

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who played at outside left for various clubs in the 1920s.

Football career

Price was born at

Ibstock Ibstock is a former coal mining town and civil parish about south of Coalville in North West Leicestershire, England. The population of the civil parish was 5,760 at the 2001 census increasing to 6,201 at the 2011 census. The town is on the ...

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, 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", Price moved to the south coast to join

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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

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in the early part of the 1924–25 season, before the return of Jimmy Carr. Price was unable to break back into the side and in May 1925 he asked for a transfer. In the 1925 close-season, Price moved to

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for a fee of £250, where he remained for two seasons before joining

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in 1927.

Family

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

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Price, Fred 1901 births People from Ibstock Footballers from Leicestershire 1985 deaths Men's association football outside forwards English men's footballers Leicester City F.C. players Southampton F.C. players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Burton Town F.C. players Nuneaton Borough F.C. players English Football League players Coalville Swifts F.C. players