David Fry

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David Fry
Personal information
Full nameDavid Paul Fry
Date of birth5 January 1960
Place of birthBournemouth, England
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Weymouth
1977–1983Crystal Palace40(0)
1983–1985Gillingham49(0)
1985–1986Torquay United30(0)
Fisher Athletic
Total119(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

David Paul Fry (born 5 January 1960 in Bournemouth)[1] is an English former professional football goalkeeper. He began his career at Weymouth as an amateur[1] and in January 1977 signed for Crystal Palace.[1] Fry was initially understudy to firstly, John Burridge and then Paul Barron but in the second half of the 1982/83 season, became first choice 'keeper after Barron left the club.[2] In July 1983, however, he was transferred to Gillingham[1] and later went on to play for Torquay United.[3]

After that, he moved into non-league football, playing for Cheltenham Town, Fisher Athletic and Yeovil Town in the Football Conference. In April 1991, he scored with a wind assisted drop kick for Yeovil in a 7-2 win in a league game against Slough Town.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mike Purkiss & Nigel Sands. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. p. 324. ISBN 0907969542.
  2. Mike Purkiss & Nigel Sands. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. pp. 248–259. ISBN 0907969542.
  3. Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. pp. pp125–126. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.

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