Chris Porter (footballer, born 1885)

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]

Chris Porter

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)
	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 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. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 233. ISBN 190589161X.
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. Watts, Ian. "Thomas Porter County Record". gogogocounty.org. Retrieved 18 June 2017.