Les Porter

Les Porter
Personal information
Full name Leslie Porter[1]
Date of birth (1923-05-05)5 May 1923[1]
Place of birth Gateshead, County Durham, England[1]
Date of death November 2002 (aged 78–79)[2]
Place of death Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England[3]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[4]
Position(s) Half-back
Youth career
Yoker FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1944 Redheugh Works
1944–1949 Newcastle United 0 (0)
1949–1954 York City 38 (1)
1954–???? North Shields
Total 38 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leslie Porter (5 May 1923 – November 2002) was an English professional footballer who played as a half-back in the Football League for York City, in non-League football for Redheugh Works and North Shields and was on the books of Newcastle United without making a league appearance.[1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 497. ISBN 978-1-85291-665-7.
  2. ^ "Les Porter". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  3. ^ "England & Wales deaths 1837–2007 Transcription". Leslie Porter. Birth date: 5 May 1923. Death quarter: 4. Death year: 2002. District: Middlesbrough. County: Yorkshire. District number: 3481D. Register number: D14A. Entry number: 191. Retrieved 4 January 2015 – via Findmypast.
  4. ^ a b Jarred, Martin; Windross, Dave (1997). Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997. Selby: Citizen Publications. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-9531005-0-7.


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