- Roy Pritchard
Infobox Football biography
playername = Roy Pritchard
fullname = Roy Thomas Pritchard
dateofbirth = birth date|1925|5|9|df=y
cityofbirth =Dawley ,Telford
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath = January 1993 (aged 67)
cityofdeath =Willenhall
countryofdeath =England
height =
position = Full back
youthyears =
1941–1945
youthclubs = Dawley Council School
Dawley & District Schools
Wolverhampton Wanderers
years = 1945–1955
1955–1957
1957–1958
1958–1960
1960–19XX
clubs = Wolverhampton Wanderers
Aston Villa
Notts County
Port Vale
Wellington Town
caps(goals) = 202 0(0)
003 0(0)
018 0(0)
024 0(0) 00- 00(-)Roy Thomas Pritchard (
9 May 1925 –January 1993) was an English footballer. He played over 200 senior games for Wolverhampton Wanderers, with whom he played in the1949 FA Cup Final .Career
Pritchard joined local side Wolverhampton Wanderers straight from school in 1941. The suspension of league football due to
World War II delayed the official start of his Wolves career, and he also guested for Mansfield Town, Notts County, Swindon Town and Walsall.He finally made his league debut after the resumption of the
Football League on12 October 1946 in a 6-1 thrashing of fc|Huddersfield Town. This was one of just four starts during the 1946/47 season, but Pritchard became a regular fixture at full-back in the Wolves side over the next seven seasons. His final campaign as a regular player saw the club win their first league championship. This silverware added to the 1949 FA Cup-winners' medal he had gained after playing the club's 3-1 final win over Leicester City.The 1954/55 season saw a defensive reshuffle that left Pritchard out of favour though, and he managed just seven games. He departed Molineux in February 1955 for fellow Midlands club Aston Villa. His Villa career never got going and he only played three times for their first team over a two-and-a-half year stay.
He moved on to Notts County in November 1957 and played out the remainder of the 1957/58 season for them, which ended in relegation to the third tier. He joined Port Vale in the close season and, although never a first choice player, helped them in their winning of the Fourth Division title in his first season. After a further season, he dropped into the non-league with Wellington Town where he remained until his playing retirement.
He died in
January 1993, aged 67.Honours
with Wolves
*FA Cup winner 1949.
*First Division championship 1954.
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