Wally Price

Wally Price
Personal information
Full name	Walter John Price
Date of birth	(1926-06-02) 2 June 1926 (age 91)
Place of birth	Margaret River, Western Australia
Position(s)	Back pocket
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1942–54	West Perth	256 (4)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1947–53	Western Australia	12 (0)
Umpiring career
Years	League	Role
1960–1964	WANFL	Field umpire (country matches)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954.
Career highlights
West Perth premiership side 1942, 1949, 1951 West Perth best and fairest 1952 West Perth life member (1954) West Perth Team of the Century (2000) West Australian Football Hall of Fame (2010)

Walter John "Wally" Price (born 2 June 1926) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Perth Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL). Born in Margaret River, Western Australia, Price played 256 games for the club between 1942 and 1954, mainly as a back pocket. Having played in premierships in 1942, 1949, and 1951, he also played 12 interstate matches for Western Australia, and was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2010.

Price was born in Margaret River, Western Australia, the third of five sons (and the first born in Australia) born to English migrant parents. One of his older brothers, Harry Price, played for Claremont, and represented Western Australia at both football and cricket. Originally playing in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA), Price debuted for West Perth in the age-restricted war-time competition in 1942, at the age of 16, and played in a premiership in his first season. He made his interstate debut for Western Australia at the 1947 Australian National Football Carnival, held in Hobart, and would go on to play 12 matches for the state, including the 1953 Carnival, held in Adelaide. Playing almost exclusively as a back pocket, Price played in premiership sides with West Perth in 1949 and 1951, and was awarded the Breckler Medal as the club's best and fairest player during the 1952 season.