Roy Porter (footballer) explained

Roy Porter
Fullname:	Leslie Roy Porter
Birth Date:	24 August 1917
Birth Place:	Footscray, Victoria
Originalteam:	West Footscray
Height:	185 cm
Weight:	86 kg
Statsend:	1945
Years1:	1937–1940
Games Goals1:	28 (23)
Years2:	1941, 1945
Games Goals2:	5 (1)
Games Goalstotal:	33 (24)

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 and References

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