Fred Priest

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Fred Priest
Personal information
Full name	Alfred Ernest Priest
Date of birth	1874
Place of birth	Guisborough, England
Date of death	5 May 1922
Place of death	Hartlepool, England
Playing position	Outside left / Inside left
Youth clubs
	Darlington South Bank
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1896–1905 1905–1906 1906–1908 1908–1909	Sheffield United South Bank Middlesbrough Hartlepools United	209 (72) 013 0(0)
National team
1900	England	001 0(0)
Teams managed
1908–1912	Hartlepools United
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Alfred Ernest Priest (1874 - 5 May 1922) was a professional footballer from the North East of England who won the 1899 and 1902 FA Cup finals with Sheffield United.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Honours 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Playing career

Priest was born in Guisborough and played for Darlington and South Bank before joining Sheffield United in 1896. He made his debut for The Blades in the Football League First Division in the 1896-97 season, playing mainly as outside left, and helped United win the Football League championship in 1897-98.

In February 1900, he moved to inside forward, forming a left-wing partnership with Bert Lipsham. He made his solitary England appearance on 17 March 1900 in a 2-0 victory over Ireland.

Priest also played on the losing side in the 1901 FA Cup final.

He subsequently returned to South Bank briefly before spending the 1906-07 season with Middlesbrough. Two years later he became player-manager at Hartlepools United.

After his career in football ended, he remained in Hartlepool becoming a publican until his death on 5 May 1922.^[1]

[edit] Honours

Sheffield United

• Football League Division One
  • Championship: 1897-98
  • Runner-up: 1896-97 and 1899-00

• FA Cup
  • Winner: 1899, 1902
  • Finalist: 1901

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Fred Priest England profile at Englandstats
• England profile

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