David Fry

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Other people|David Fry}}

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{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = David Fry

| fullname = David Paul Fry

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1960|1|5}}

| death_date =

| birth_place = Bournemouth, England

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| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = 1974-1976 | clubs1 = Weymouth | caps1 = 12 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1977–1983 | clubs2 = Crystal Palace | caps2 = 40 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1983–1985 | clubs3 = Gillingham | caps3 = 49 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1985–1986 | clubs4 = Torquay United | caps4 = 30 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = | clubs5 = Fisher Athletic | caps5 = | goals5 =

}}

David Paul Fry (born 5 January 1960){{cite book|title=Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989|author=Mike Purkiss & Nigel Sands|year=1990 |page=324|isbn=0907969542}} is an English former professional football goalkeeper. Born in Bournemouth, he began his career at Weymouth as an amateur and in January 1977 signed for Crystal Palace. 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.{{cite book|title=Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989|author=Mike Purkiss & Nigel Sands|year=1990 |pages=248–59|isbn=0907969542}} In July 1983, however, he was transferred to Gillingham and later went on to play for Torquay United.{{cite book |first=Roger|last= Triggs |title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club|publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd | year=2001|isbn=0-7524-2243-X|pages=125–6}}

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|date =October 2014}}