Herbert Potts

Herbert Potts
Personal information
Full name Herbert Alfred Potts
Date of birth 1878[1][2]
Place of birth Sheerness, Kent, England[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1899–1900 Antwerp
1900–1905 Beerschot AC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Herbert Alfred Potts (1878 – before 1939) was an English footballer who played for Belgian clubs Antwerp and Beerschot AC.[3] He was topscorer in the Belgian First Division in the 1900–01 and 1901–02 seasons.[4] He featured in at minimum two unofficial matches with the Belgian national team between 1901 and 1904, in which he scored 11 goals.[5][6]

He returned to England and worked in the import business.[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 Belgium, Antwerp Police Immigration Index, 1840-1930
  2. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
  3. ↑ "Player list - P" (in Dutch). Belgian Soccer History. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Topscorers in Belgium 1895-2001" (in Dutch). Belgian Soccer History. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Fraiponts, Jean; Willocx, Dirk (2003). Kroniek van het Belgische voetbal / Pioniers en Rode Duivels - 1863-1906 (in Dutch). 1. Antwerp: Assoc. BE bvba. ISBN 978-90-77314-01-2. . Extract consulted online on 30 August 2010 on Beerschot Athletic Club
  6. ↑ "Sport en wedstrijden". Algemeen Handelsblad (in Dutch). 4 Jan 1904. Retrieved 23 Jul 2016.
  7. ↑ 1911 England Census
  8. ↑ His wife, Isa Chenoweth Potts, was listed as a widow in the 1939 England and Wales Register
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