Paul Price (footballer)

:"For the Australian squash player, see Paul Price"Football player infobox
playername=Paul Price


fullname=Paul Terence Price
dateofbirth=birthdateandage|1954|05|23|
cityofbirth=St Albans, Hertfordshire
countryofbirth=England
dateofdeath=
cityofdeath=
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position=Central defender
years= 1971–1981 1981–1984 1984–1984 1984–1986 1986–1988
clubs= Luton Town F.C. Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Swansea City A.F.C. Minnesota Strikers Peterborough United F.C.
caps(goals)=207 (8) 039 (0) 061 (1) 0? (?) 086 (0) 0
nationalyears= ?
nationalteam=Wales
nationalcaps(goals)=0250(1) Paul Price (born May 23 1954– St Albans, Hertfordshire) is a living, former , professional footballer. He played for Welwyn Garden City, Luton Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Swansea City, Minnesota Strikers, Peterborough United, Saltash United and as an international for Wales [Hugman, B, J, (Ed)"The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005" (2005) p502 ISBN 1852916656 Retrieved September 01 2008] , in the position of central defender.

Football career

Price joined Luton Town from Welwyn Garden City in July 1971 and made 207 appearances for the club including one as substitute and scoring eight goals. In June 1981 he transferred in a £250.000 deal to Spurs. He made his debut at Middlesbrough in August 1981. Price featured in both matches of the 1982 FA Cup Final. Making a total of 62 appearances in all competitions including four as sub and scoring one goal for the club. Price joined Swansea City in January 1985 and went on to make 62 League appearances for the club before joining Minnesota Strikers of the NASL in 1984 for a free transfer. He returned to the UK to play a further 86 times at Peterborough United., before finishing his career at Saltash United.

Honours

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

1982 FA Cup Final Winner

Wales international career

Price made a total of 25 appearances for Wales and scored once.

After football

Today, Price works in house renovation and property sales.

External links

* [http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/history_azofplayers.html A-Z of Tottenham Hotspur players]
* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/paulprice.htm Fact-file]
* [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=21287 Photo of Paul]
* [http://www.famouswelsh.com/Welsh-Sport/rugby-cricket-athletics-boxing-snooker-darts.php?pid=506 Welsh connection]
* [http://home.att.net/~nasl/players.htm#P NASL players]
* [http://www.mehstg.com/whereare_m2z.htm#P "Where are they now?"]
* [http://www.mehstg.com/internat.htm Spurs international players]

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