Albert Pryce-Jones | |
Fullname: | Albert Westhead Pryce-Jones |
Birth Date: | 26 May 1870 |
Birth Place: | Newtown, Wales |
Death Date: | 17 August 1946[1] |
Youthclubs1: | Shrewsbury School |
Years1: | -1891 |
Clubs1: | Cambridge University |
Years2: | 1891-1898 |
Clubs2: | Newtown |
Nationalyears1: | 1895 |
Nationalteam1: | Wales |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Albert Pryce-Jones (26 May 1870 – 17 August 1946) was a Welsh international footballer.[2]
Pryce-Jones was born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales in 1870. He was the son of Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones, a former Conservative member of the British House of Commons.[3]
He was part of the Wales national football team, playing 1 match on 18 March 1895 against England.[4] [5]
In 1895 he played for Newtown in their Welsh Cup victory.[6] He appeared alongside his brother William Pryce-Jones who was also an international footballer for Wales.[7]
He emigrated to Calgary, Canada in 1910 where he established the department store Pryce-Jones Ltd.[3]
He served in the Canadian infantry in World War I.[8] [9] He died in August 1946 aged 76.