Place of birth Stockport, England Playing position | Place of death Gallipoli, Turkey Position Inside forward | |
Full name Thomas Christopher Porter Date of birth (1885-10-25)25 October 1885 Date of death 4 June 1915(1915-06-04) (aged 29) Died 4 June 1915, Gallipoli, Turkey | ||
Thomas Christopher "Chris" 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. 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.
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. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
References
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