Roy Porter (footballer)

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]

For other people named Roy Porter, see Roy Porter (disambiguation).
Roy Porter
Personal information
Full name Leslie Roy Porter
Date of birth (1917-08-24)24 August 1917
Place of birth Footscray, Victoria
Date of death 6 February 1998(1998-02-06) (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 05 0(1)
Total 33 (24)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

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.

War service

Porter served in both the Australian Army[2] and the Royal Australian Air Force[3] during World War II.

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 713. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "World War II Roll: Roy Leslie Porter (Army)". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  3. "World War II Roll: Leslie Roy Porter (RAAF)". Department of Veterans Affairs.
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