Chris Porter (footballer, born 1885)

Chris Porter
Personal information
Full name Thomas Christopher Porter[1]
Date of birth (1885-10-25)25 October 1885
Place of birth Stockport, England
Date of death 4 June 1915(1915-06-04) (aged 29)[2]
Place of death Gallipoli, Turkey
Playing position Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Northern Nomads
1905–1908 Stockport County 66 (23)
1909–1911 Glossop 44 (11)
Northern Nomads
National team
1908–1910 England Amateurs 8 (13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Thomas Christopher Porter (25 October 1885 – 4 June 1915) was an English amateur football inside forward who played in the Football League for Stockport County and Glossop.[1] He scored 13 goals in 8 appearances for England Amateurs and was a member of the Great Britain squad at the 1908 Summer Olympics, but did not play.[3][4]

Personal life

Porter enlisted as a private in the Manchester Regiment during the First World War and was killed at Gallipoli on 4 June 1915.[5] He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.[2]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stockport County 1905–06[6] Second Division 4 3 0 0 4 3
1906–07[6] 22 7 0 0 22 7
1907–08[6] 24 8 1 0 25 8
1908–09[6] 16 5 1 0 17 5
Career total 66 23 2 0 68 23

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 233. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 "CWGC – Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "England Matches – The Amateurs 1906–1939". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Evans, Hilary. "Olympians and the Gallipoli Campaigns". OlympStats. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Thomas Christopher Porter | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Watts, Ian. "Thomas Porter County Record". gogogocounty.org. Retrieved 18 June 2017.


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