Herbert Kingaby

Herbert Charles Lawrence Kingaby (1880-1934) was an English footballer, an outside right for Clapton Orient, Aston Villa, Fulham and Peterborough City.

He played part-time for Clapton Orient, in the Southern League before being sold to Aston Villa for £300 (2012: £) in March 1906. At the time the fee was undisclosed even to the player.

He rejoined Clapton Orient at the start of the 1910-11 season. That year the Football League and the Southern League agreed mutual recognition of each other's retain-and-transfer system. Villa now disclosed that Kingaby was still on their retained players' list and demanded £350. This prevented a move to Croydon Common but he eventually joined Peterborough City.

Kingaby had brought legal proceedings against Villa for preventing him from playing. The Players' Union funded his legal costs but an erroneous strategy by Kingaby's counsel resulted in the suit being dismissed.