He married June Ivy Rose Braden (1924–2003) in 1945.
A full-forward,[4][5][6] he topped Hawthorn's goalkicking in every season from 1946 to 1949 with a best of 67 goals in 1947.
He kicked 8 goals in a match three times: against Footscray on 3 May 1947, against Richmond on 17 May 1947 and, in his last match for Hawthorn, in a season where Hawthorn lost all 18 of its home-and-away games, against South Melbourne on 19 August 1950.
[7][8] Prior also served in the Australian Army during World War II.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1920s is a stub.