Ron Ferrier

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ron Ferrier

| fullname = Ronald Johnson Ferrier{{cite book |first=Michael |last=Joyce |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |year=2004 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |isbn=1-899468-67-6 |page=89}}

| birth_date = 26 April 1914

| birth_place = Cleethorpes, England

| death_date = 11 October 1991 (aged 77)

| death_place = Cleethorpes, England

| height = 5 ft 10+1/2 in{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-football-guide-1936-v-di/134566111/ |title=Manchester United. Weak positions improved |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=v |via=Newspapers.com}}

| position = Centre forward, inside forward

| years1 = | clubs1 = Grimsby Wanderers | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1933–1935 | clubs2 = Grimsby Town | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1935–1938 | clubs3 = Manchester United | caps3 = 18 | goals3 = 4

| years4 = 1938–1947 | clubs4 = Oldham Athletic | caps4 = 48 | goals4 = 25

| years5 = 1947 | clubs5 = Lincoln City | caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = | clubs6 = Lysaghts Sports | caps6 = | goals6 =

}}

Ronald Johnson Ferrier (26 April 1914 – 11 October 1991) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Manchester United in the 1930s, and later for and Oldham Athletic. He played for Plymouth Argyle as a wartime guest,{{cite web|title=Ron Ferrier|url=http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=289&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7|publisher=Greens on Screen|accessdate=26 April 2013}} and also represented Grimsby Town and Lincoln City before retiring as a player in 1947.

He also played/ and scored once as a guest player for Mossley in the 1939–40 season whilst stationed with the army at Ladysmith Barracks.{{cite web |url=http://www.mossleyweb.com/PlayersAZ/AZF.htm |title=Fagan to Fulham |website=www.mossleyweb.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006213155/http://www.mossleyweb.com/PlayersAZ/AZF.htm |archive-date=2008-10-06}}

He died in October 1991 at the age of 77. He could play at centre and inside forward.

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