Arthur Prince (8 December 1902 – 1980) was an English footballer who played on the left-wing in the Football League for Port Vale, Sheffield Wednesday, Hull City, Walsall, and Bristol Rovers. He helped Wednesday to win the Second Division title in 1925–26.
Early and later life Arthur Prince was born in Bucknall, Staffordshire on 8 December 1902 and raised by his widowed mother along with his seven siblings. After his laying career ended, he went on to work as a coal miner in Tamworth and then moved to Nuneaton in the late 1930s to work in a local colliery.
Career Prince played for Bucknall whilst working as a worked as a crate maker in the potteries industry. He joined Port Vale as an amateur in October 1922 and signing as a professional player in January 1923. He made 16 Second Division appearances in the 1922–23 season, and scored his first senior goal in a 2–1 defeat to Bradford City at the Old Recreation Ground on 3 March. He played 27 league games in the 1923–24 campaign. He was sold to Sheffield Wednesday for a £750 fee in May 1924. The "Owls" finished 14th in the Second Division in 1924–25, with Prince playing 28 matches. Wednesday won promotion as champions in the 1925–26 season, and Prince played 25 games despite not starting a match until late October, scoring six goals. He played only one game for the Hillsborough in the First Division, scoring in the match, a 2–2 draw with Leicester City in March 1928.
He signed for Second Division club Hull City in June 1928. He started five of the first six league fixtures of the 1928–29 season, but sustained a knee injury in mid-September and lost his first-team place to Dally Duncan. Prince underwent an operation on his knee in January 1929 and was released by the Tigers in May 1929. Prince joined Cheshire County League side Chester in September 1929, but returned to the Football League just two weeks later, signing for Third Division South club Walsall. He made only one appearance for Walsall in October 1929 and signed for Bristol Rovers in August 1930. He did not play for the Rovers first-team in the 1930–31 season and retired in 1931.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsPort Vale1922–23Second Division161001611923–24Second Division27000270Total43100431Sheffield Wednesday1924–25Second Division280002801925–26Second Division246102561926–27First Division1100111927–28First Division000000Total53710547Hull City1928–29Second Division500050Walsall1929–30Third Division South100010Bristol Rovers1930–31Third Division South000000Career total1028101038
Honours Sheffield Wednesday Football League Second Division: 1925–26
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