Australian rules footballer
Australian rules 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]
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "World War II Roll: Roy Leslie Porter (Army)". Department of Veterans Affairs.
- ^ "World War II Roll: Leslie Roy Porter (RAAF)". Department of Veterans Affairs.
External links
- Roy Porter's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Roy Porter at AustralianFootball.com