Ted Price (footballer)

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Ted Price
Price lining up for Brentford in 1919.
Personal information
Full name Edward Price[1]
Date of birth 13 June 1883[2]
Place of birth Walsall, England
Date of death 29 December 1967(1967-12-29) (aged 84)[2]
Place of death Isleworth, England
Height 5 ft 9+12 in (1.77 m)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Richmond Villa
Royal Army Medical Corps
1906–1908 Aldershot Depot
1908–1909 Walsall
1909–1911 Stockport County 34 (0)
1911–1912 Croydon Common 18 (0)
1912–1920 Brentford 110 (0)
1917–1918 → Wilkinsons (guest)
1920–1921 Queens Park Rangers 7 (0)
Brentford
International career
1919 Southern League XI 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward Price (13 June 1883 – 29 December 1967) was an English professional

Hall of Fame
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Club career

Early years

A goalkeeper, Price began his career at Richmond Villa and played for the Medical Corps and Aldershot Depot representative teams while serving in the British Army.[3] While with Aldershot, he won the 1907 cup for best all-round sportsman at the barracks.[3] He returned to his native West Midlands to join hometown Birmingham & District League club Walsall in October 1908, staying with the club for ten months.[3]

Stockport County

Price moved to the

1910–11 season and made 37 appearances during his two seasons at Edgeley Park.[3]

Croydon Common

Pride moved to

London Combination and made 18 and 24 appearances respectively.[3] Price left the club at the end of the 1911–12 season, having made 46 appearances for the Robins.[3]

Brentford

Price joined Southern League First Division club

1917–18 season, he joined London Munitions League club Wilkinsons as a guest.[3] He was a part of the Brentford team which won the 1918–19 London Combination title.[3][4]

Price was awarded a

Queens Park Rangers

Price returned to league football in May 1920, when he signed for

1920–21 season and departed Loftus Road in September 1921.[3][6]

Representative career

Price played for the Southern League representative team in a match against their Irish League counterparts in November 1919.[8]

Personal life

Price spent many years in the

active service in the First World War.[5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stockport County
1909–10[3]
Second Division 3 0 0 0 0 0
1910–11[3]
31 0 3 0 34 0
Total 34 0 3 0 37 0
Croydon Common 1911–12[3] Southern League Second Division 18 0 4 0 22 0
Brentford 1912–13[5] Southern League First Division 37 0 2 0 39 0
1913–14[5] Southern League Second Division 30 0 3 0 33 0
1914–15[5] 22 0 3 0 25 0
1919–20[5] Southern League First Division 21 0 0 0 21 0
Total 110 0 8 0 118 0
Queens Park Rangers
1920–21[3]
Third Division 7 0 0 0 7 0
Career total 169 0 15 0 184 0

Honours

Brentford

Individual

References

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  2. ^ a b Bees Review: Brentford Official Matchday Programme vs Hull City. Milton Keynes: Regal Sports Press. 3 November 2015. p. 63.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Biographies – Ted Price" (PDF). Croydon Common FC. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
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  6. ^ a b c "Seasonal Stats – 1921–22". QPRnet. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Steve Phillips inducted in to Hall of Fame". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  8. ^ Haynes 1998, p. 74.