Peter Harris (footballer)

Peter Philip Harris (19 December 1925 – 2 January 2003) was a footballer who played for Portsmouth in the 1940s and 1950s.

Peter Harris

Personal information
Full name	Peter Philip Harris
Date of birth	19 December 1925
Place of birth	Portsmouth, England
Date of death	2 January 2003 (aged 77)
Place of death	Hayling Island, England
Position(s)	Outside right
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1946–1960	Portsmouth	479	(193)
National team
1949–1954	England	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Harris was an outside right, and he played a crucial role in Pompey's Football league title-winning sides of 1948–49 and 1949–50.[1]

He made 479 Football League appearances for Portsmouth, scoring 193 goals.[2]

Only the competition from Stanley Matthews and Tom Finney, in an era before substitutions were introduced to the game, prevented Harris earning more than two caps for the England national football team. He made England debut against Ireland in a 2–0 defeat in September 1949.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Portsmouth	1946–47	4	1	0	0	–	–	4	1
	1947–48	40	13	2	1	–	–	42	14
	1948–49	40	17	5	5	–	–	45	22
	1949–50	40	16	4	1	1	0	45	17
	1950–51	36	5	1	0	–	–	37	5
	1951–52	40	9	4	1	–	–	44	10
	1952–53	41	23	1	0	–	–	42	23
	1953–54	40	20	7	5	–	–	47	25
	1954–55	41	23	1	0	–	–	42	23
	1955–56	41	23	2	1	–	–	43	24
	1956–57	39	11	2	2	–	–	41	13
	1957–58	40	18	2	2	–	–	42	20
	1958–59	26	13	4	0	–	–	30	13
	1959–60	11	1	–	–	–	–	11	1
	Career totals	479	193	35	18	1	0	515	211

Source: Pompeyrama[3]

References

1. Brian Glanville (21 February 2003). "Peter Harris: Top scorer during Portsmouth's glory days". Guardian. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
2. "Peter Harris". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
3. "Player Stats: Peter Harris". Pompeyrama. Retrieved 13 November 2012.

External links

• England profile