Chris Porter (footballer, born 1885)
Thomas Christopher Porter (25 October 1885 – 4 June 1915) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Stockport County and Glossop as an inside forward.[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] Porter also played cricket for Broughton and Lancashire's second XI.[5]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Christopher Porter[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 October 1885 | ||
| Place of birth | Stockport, England | ||
| Date of death | 4 June 1915 (aged 29)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey | ||
| Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1903– | Broughton | ||
| 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 | |||
Personal life
Porter attended Manchester Grammar School and later worked at the Horwich depot of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.[5] He enlisted as a private in the Manchester Regiment during the First World War and was killed at Gallipoli on 4 June 1915.[6] Porter 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[7] | Second Division | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 1906–07[7] | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | ||
| 1907–08[7] | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | ||
| 1908–09[7] | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 66 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 23 | ||
References
- Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 233. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- "England Matches – The Amateurs 1906–1939". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- Evans, Hilary. "Olympians and the Gallipoli Campaigns". OlympStats. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- "Chris Porter". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- "Thomas Christopher Porter | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- Watts, Ian. "Thomas Porter County Record". gogogocounty.org. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
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