Roy Porter (footballer)
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Fullname
Leslie Roy Porter
Date of birth
24 August 1917
Place of birth
Footscray, Victoria
Date of death
6 February 1998 (aged 80)
| Roy Porter | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Leslie Roy Porter | ||
| Date of birth | 24 August 1917 | ||
| Place of birth | Footscray, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 6 February 1998 (aged 80) | ||
| Original team(s) | West Footscray | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1937–1940 | Footscray | 28 (23) | |
| 1941, 1945 | South Melbourne | 5 (1) | |
| Total | 33 (24) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Leslie Roy Porter (24 August 1917 – 6 February 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
The son of Robert Clyde Porter (1891–1963) and May Elizabeth Porter, nee Johnson (1892–1976), Leslie Roy Porter was born at Footscray in August 1917.
Porter married Nancy Nerrida Mallows in 1941.
