Peter Harris (footballer)

Peter Philip Harris (19 December 1925 – 2 January 2003) was a footballer who played for Portsmouth in the 1940s and 1950s.

Peter Harris
Personal information
Full name Peter Philip Harris
Date of birth 19 December 1925
Place of birth Portsmouth, England
Date of death 2 January 2003(2003-01-02) (aged 77)
Place of death Hayling Island, England
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1960 Portsmouth 479 (193)
National team
1949–1954 England 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Harris was an outside right, and he played a crucial role in Pompey's Football league title-winning sides of 1948–49 and 1949–50.[1]

He made 479 Football League appearances for Portsmouth, scoring 193 goals.[2]

Only the competition from Stanley Matthews and Tom Finney, in an era before substitutions were introduced to the game, prevented Harris earning more than two caps for the England national football team. He made England debut against Ireland in a 2–0 defeat in September 1949.

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Portsmouth 1946–47 410041
1947–48 4013214214
1948–49 4017554522
1949–50 401641104517
1950–51 36510375
1951–52 409414410
1952–53 4123104223
1953–54 4020754725
1954–55 4123104223
1955–56 4123214324
1956–57 3911224113
1957–58 4018224220
1958–59 2613403013
1959–60 111111
Career totals 479193351810515211

Source: Pompeyrama[3]

References

  1. Brian Glanville (21 February 2003). "Peter Harris: Top scorer during Portsmouth's glory days". Guardian. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  2. "Peter Harris". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  3. "Player Stats: Peter Harris". Pompeyrama. Retrieved 13 November 2012.


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