Percy Prince
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Percy Prince | ||
| Date of birth | 15 August 1887 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Date of death | December 1973 (aged 86) | ||
| Place of death | Rutherford, New Jersey, US | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward / Half back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cranbury Avenue, Southampton | |||
| Southampton Oxford | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1907–1914 | Southampton | 79 | (25) |
| 1914–1917 | Boscombe | ||
| 1919–1920 | Southampton | 4 | (0) |
| 1920–1921 | Boscombe | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Percy Prince (15 August 1887 – December 1973) was an English amateur footballer who played as a centre-forward for Southampton and Boscombe in the early 20th century.
Prince was born in Liverpool but was raised in Southampton and played his club football on Southampton Common, while woking in the Merchant Navy.
He was signed by Southern League Southampton as an amateur in 1907 and made his first team debut away to New Brompton on 17 October 1908. In the next match, against Millwall he scored in a 4–1 victory at The Dell, but made only one further appearance that season, followed by two further appearances at the end of the 1909–10 season, scoring in both matches. He was the first-choice centre-forward at the start of the next season, scoring in a 3–0 victory over Portsmouth on 10 September 1910, before losing his place to Sid Kimpton.
Described as a "sharp-shooting centre-forward, keen and enthusiastic " but with a genial nature, "there was none more zealous in the interests of the team". He was known as "Peewee" to his team-mates.
He finally became established in the side, playing at inside left in December 1911, taking over from Andrew Gibson, but after a run of nine games in which he scored twice, Prince lost his place back to Gibson. In March 1912 Gibson was suspended (along with Henry Hamilton) for a "serious breach of club discipline", as a result of which both players were placed on the transfer list. This led to Prince's restoration to the team which he marked by scoring four goals in three matches.
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