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