About Ernest Perry
Lived 1891 – 1979 (aged 87). Ernest Perry was a British association football player.
Ernest William Perry (3 November 1891 – 31 May 1979) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Port Vale and Crewe Alexandra between 1919 and 1924; he was also signed to Stoke and Bradford City.
Career Perry played for Stoke before joining Port Vale in August 1919, just before they joined the Football League to take over the fixtures of financially troubled Leeds City, who were expelled from the Second Division two months into the season. He played 26 Second Division games in the 1919–20 season, and scored his first goal in the Football League on 1 January, in a 4–3 defeat to Fulham at the Old Recreation Ground. and instead joined Crewe Alexandra.
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1919–20 Second Division
1920–21 Second Division
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1921–22 Third Division North
1922–23 Third Division North
1923–24 Third Division North
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Honours Port Vale Staffordshire Senior Cup: 1920 North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup: 1920
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Who was Ernest Perry?
Footballer (1891-1979)
When was Ernest Perry born?
Ernest Perry was born on 3 November 1891 in Wednesbury.
When did Ernest Perry die?
Ernest Perry died on 31 May 1979 in Cobridge.
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Ernest Perry was an association football player.
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Ernest Perry was British.
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