William Ralph "Shorty" Price, (October 3, 1921 – November 1, 1980) was an attorney and perennial political candidate from the state of Alabama, mostly noted for his colorful "clown" persona.A native of Barbour County, he studied in the University of Alabama, where briefly he was a roommate of future Governor George Wallace .Price ran for many public offices in Alabama, but only won one election - as an alternate delegate to the 1952 Democratic National Convention.Most notably he ran in the Democratic primaries for Governor of Alabama in 1958, 1970, 1974 and 1978.