John Hunter Prentice (19 October 1898 – 28 June 1966) was a Scottish

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who played as an

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. Born in

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, he lived in Manchester from an early age and played football in the Manchester amateur leagues before being signed by

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, initially as an amateur.Dykes (1994), p. 308. He turned professional in November 1919, although it was not until 2 April 1920 that he made his debut, starting at outside left in a 1–0 home defeat to

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. That turned out to be his only appearance for Manchester United, as he rejected the terms of their contract offer ahead of the 1920–21 season and signed instead for Swansea Town. Again, he found first-team football difficult to come by, playing just three times in Swansea's Third Division campaign, and he joined

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for the 1921–22 season.Upton et al. (1997). There, he made 23 appearances and scored three goals in the Third Division, adding a further two goals in the

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. He was released at the end of the season and replaced by another former Manchester United outside left, James Robinson.

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