Herbert Potts
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Herbert Alfred Potts | ||
Date of birth | 1878[1][2] | ||
Place of birth | Sheerness, Kent, England[1] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1899–1900 | Antwerp | ||
1900–1905 | Beerschot AC | ||
International career | |||
1901–1904 | Belgium XI (unofficial) | 4 | (12) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Herbert Alfred Potts (1878 – before 1939) was an English footballer who played for Belgian clubs Antwerp and Beerschot AC.[3]
Club career
[edit]He was the topscorer in the Belgian First Division in the 1900–01 and 1901–02 seasons,[4] with 26 and 16 goals respectively, with the former tally possible being a record at the time until Gustave Vanderstappen broke it with 30 goals in the 1903–04 season.
International career
[edit]He featured in four unofficial matches with the Belgium national team between 1901 and 1904, in which he represented Belgium in friendly cup duels against the Netherlands. He scored 12 goals in those 4 caps, resulting in a strike rate of 3 goals per game.[5]
Retirement
[edit]After retiring, he returned to England and worked in the import business.[6][7]
Career statistics
[edit]- Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Potts goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 28 April 1901 | Olympic Stadium, Antwerp, Belgium | Netherlands | 1–0 |
8–3 | Coupe Vanden Abeele |
2 | 2–0 | |||||
3 | 3–0 | |||||
4 | 4–0 | |||||
5 | 6–0 | |||||
6 | 7–0 | |||||
7 | 8–0 | |||||
8 | 15 December 1902 | Olympic Stadium, Antwerp, Belgium | Netherlands | 2–1 |
2–1 | Coupe Vanden Abeele |
9 | 3 January 1904 | Olympic Stadium, Antwerp, Belgium | Netherlands | 1–0 |
6–4 | Coupe Vanden Abeele |
10 | 2–1 | |||||
11 | 4–2 | |||||
12 | 6–4 |
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Beerschot
- Belgian First Division vice-champions: 1900–01[8]
Individual
[edit]- Belgian First Division top scorer: 1900–01 (26 goals), 1901-02 (16 goals)[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Belgium, Antwerp Police Immigration Index, 1840-1930
- ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
- ^ "Player list - P" (in Dutch). Belgian Soccer History. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ "Topscorers in Belgium 1895-2001" (in Dutch). Belgian Soccer History. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Coupe Vanden Abeele". RSSSF. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ 1911 England Census
- ^ His wife, Isa Chenoweth Potts, was listed as a widow in the 1939 England and Wales Register
- ^ "Palmares Beerschot". beerschot.be (in Dutch). 5 December 2023.
- ^ "Topscorer Eerste Klasse".
Categories:
- 1878 births
- English men's footballers
- Royal Antwerp F.C. players
- Beerschot A.C. players
- Belgian Pro League players
- English expatriate men's footballers
- English expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Men's association football forwards
- People from Sheerness
- Footballers from Kent
- English football forward, 1870s birth stubs