David Fry

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David Fry
Personal information
Full name David Paul Fry
Date of birth (1960-01-05) 5 January 1960 (age 65)
Place of birth Bournemouth, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1974-1976 Weymouth 12 (0)
1977–1983 Crystal Palace 40 (0)
1983–1985 Gillingham 49 (0)
1985–1986 Torquay United 30 (0)
Fisher Athletic
1992 Salisbury City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Paul Fry (born 5 January 1960) [1] is an English former professional football goalkeeper. Born in Bournemouth, he began his career at Weymouth as an amateur [1] and in January 1977 signed for Crystal Palace. [1] Fry was initially understudy to firstly, John Burridge and then Paul Barron but in the second half of the 1982–83 season, became first-choice goalkeeper after Barron left the club. [2] In July 1983, however, he was transferred to Gillingham [1] and later went on to play for Torquay United. [3]

After that, he moved into non-league football, playing for Cheltenham Town, Fisher Athletic and Yeovil Town in the Football Conference. In April 1991, he scored with a wind assisted drop kick for Yeovil in a 7–2 win in a league game against Slough Town.[ citation needed ]. He joined Salisbury City in the summer of 1992. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mike Purkiss & Nigel Sands (1990). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. p. 324. ISBN   0907969542.
  2. ↑ Mike Purkiss & Nigel Sands (1990). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. pp. 248–59. ISBN   0907969542.
  3. ↑ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. pp. 125–6. ISBN   0-7524-2243-X.
  4. ↑ Thear, David; Walker, Richard; Waterhouse, Peter; Wood, Peter (2007). The Whites - Salisbury City F.C. the first 60 years 1947-2007. Citywhite Publishing. p. 197. ISBN   9780955417009.
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