Chris Porter (soccer player, 1885)
| Chris Porter | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Thomas Christopher Porter | |
| birthday | October 25, 1885 | |
| place of birth | Stockport , England | |
| date of death | June 4, 1915 | |
| Place of death | Gallipoli , Turkey | |
| position | striker | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| Northern Nomads | ||
| 1905-1908 | Stockport County | 66 (23) |
| 1909-1911 | Glossop | 44 (11) |
| Northern Nomads | ||
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1908-1910 | England of amateurs | 8 (13) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Thomas Christopher Porter (born October 25, 1885 in Stockport , England, † June 4, 1915 in Gallipoli, Turkey ) was an English football player on the position of a striker . He scored 13 goals in eight international matches for England Amateurs and was a member of the British team at the 1908 Summer Olympics, but did not play.
career
Porter enlisted in the Manchester Regiment as a private individual during the First World War and was killed in Gallipoli on June 4, 1915. He is remembered at the Helles monument.
Individual evidence
- ^ England Matches - The Amateurs 1906–1939 . Accessed December 31, 2015.
- ^ Hilary Evans: Olympians and the Gallipoli Campaigns . Accessed December 31, 2015.
- ↑ Thomas Christopher Porter | Service Record | Football and the First World War (en-US) . In: Football and the First World War .
- ↑ CWGC - Casualty Details . Accessed December 31, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Porter, Chris |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Porter, Thomas Christopher |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockport , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 4, 1915 |
| Place of death | Gallipoli , Turkey |