Roy Porter
Footscray and South Melbourne
AFL career
33 games24 goals
- Debut
- R3 1937 v STK8 May 1937
- Most recent
- SF 1945 v COL15 Sept 1945
Stats
Bio
Recruited from West Footscray, Roy Porter was a solidly built tall who provided a physical presence for the Bulldogs in the late 1930s. Standing 185cm—a significant height for that era—he was capable of holding down a key position or rotating through the followers, hitting the scoreboard with reliable frequency during his four seasons at the Western Oval. His career trajectory was fundamentally altered by the Second World War; after crossing to South Melbourne for the 1941 season, his footballing prime was consumed by service in both the Army and the RAAF. Porter managed a brief return to the VFL with the Swans for the 1945 season, but like many of his generation, his final tally of 33 games stands as a testament to a sporting life interrupted by duty.
Profile
- Born
- 24 Aug 1917
- Died
- 06 Feb 1998 (aged 80y 166d)
- Birthplace
- Footscray, VIC
- Height
- 185 cm
- Weight
- 86 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from West Footscray, Roy Porter was a solidly built tall who provided a physical presence for the Bulldogs in the late 1930s. Standing 185cm—a significant height for that era—he was capable of holding down a key position or rotating through the followers, hitting the scoreboard with reliable frequency during his four seasons at the Western Oval. His career trajectory was fundamentally altered by the Second World War; after crossing to South Melbourne for the 1941 season, his footballing prime was consumed by service in both the Army and the RAAF. Porter managed a brief return to the VFL with the Swans for the 1945 season, but like many of his generation, his final tally of 33 games stands as a testament to a sporting life interrupted by duty.