Full name Raymond Price Height 5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m) Position Defender | Place of death Grimsby, England Playing position Date of death 18 November 1990 | |
Date of birth (1944-05-18)18 May 1944 Place of birth Hetton-le-Hole, England | ||
Raymond "Ray" Price (18 May 1944 – 18 November 1990) was an English footballer who played in the Football League as a full-back for Norwich City and Colchester United.
Career
Born in Hetton-le-Hole, Price began his career as a junior at Norwich City where he made one Football League appearance on 29 February 1964 in a 2–1 away defeat to Derby County, replacing regular left-back Joe Mullett who was suffering from tonsillitis.
Price moved to Colchester United in the summer of 1964. After making his debut on 6 February 1965 in a 3–1 defeat to Oldham Athletic at Boundary Park, he failed to establish himself in the first-team, with his most notable contribution being the first-ever substitute used by the U's when he came on for Ted Phillips in a 2–0 home win over Rochdale on 19 September 1965. He made 17 appearances for the club, with his final game a 0–0 draw with Gillingham on 11 March 1967.
Released in the summer of 1967, Price joined Chelmsford City before returning to Norwich to set up a successful badminton club. He then relocated to Lincolnshire where he was working as an insurance salesman when he suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 46.