Fred Priest

Fred Priest
	The 1901 FA Cup Final team; Priest is standing second from the right.
Personal information
Full name	Alfred Ernest Priest
Date of birth	1874
Place of birth	Guisborough, England
Date of death	5 May 1922 (aged 47–48)
Place of death	Hartlepool, England
Position(s)	Outside left / Inside left
Youth career
	Darlington
	South Bank
Senior career*
Years	Team
1896–1905	Sheffield United
1905–1906	South Bank
1906–1908	Middlesbrough
1908–1909	Hartlepools United
International career
1900	England
Managerial career
1908–1912	Hartlepools United
	*Club domestic league appearances and 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.

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. That same year Priest was also in the United side that suffered a huge F A cup upset at Port Vale.^[1]

After his career in football ended, he remained in Hartlepool becoming a publican until his death on 5 May 1922.^[2]

^ Burslem Port Vale vs Sheffield United 1898 Match report
^ Graham Betts (2006). England: Player by player. Green Umbrella Publishing. p. 194. ISBN 1-905009-63-1.