Thomas_Porter_(footballer)

Chris Porter (footballer, born 1885)

Chris Porter (footballer, born 1885)

English footballer

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 7 goals in 4 appearances for England Amateurs, including two hat-tricks in a 9–0 win against Germany, which still is the team's highest defeat of its history,[3] and against France in a 11–0 victory.[4] He scored a further 5 goals for the Amateurs side in unofficial matches, a brace in a 5–1 win over Ireland in 1908 and yet another hat-trick in a 6–0 win over Wales in 1909, bringing his tally to 12 goals.[4] He was also part of Great Britain's squad for the football tournament at the 1908 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[5] Porter also played cricket for Broughton and Lancashire's second XI.[6]

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Personal life

Porter attended Manchester Grammar School and later worked at the Horwich depot of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.[6] He enlisted as a private in the Manchester Regiment during the First World War and was killed at Gallipoli on 4 June 1915.[7] Porter is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.[2]

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International goals

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References

  1. [1]
    Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 233. ISBN 978-1905891610.
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    "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
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    Bauer, Johannes (18 November 2020). "DFB: Die höchsten Niederlagen der Nationalmannschaft". Süddeutsche (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
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    "England Matches - The Amateurs 1906-1939". englandfootballonline.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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    Evans, Hilary. "Olympians and the Gallipoli Campaigns". OlympStats. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
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    "Chris Porter". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
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    "Thomas Christopher Porter | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
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    Watts, Ian. "Thomas Porter County Record". gogogocounty.org. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
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    "England v Germany, 16 March 1909". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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    "Netherlands v England, 12 April 1909". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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    "France v England, 22 May 1909". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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