Chris Young (footballer)

Chris Young

Young in a Port Vale team photo.
Personal information
Full name	Christopher Young
Date of birth	25 May 1886(1886-05-25)
Place of birth	Cleethorpes, England
Date of death	22 October 1956(1956-10-22) (aged 70)
Place of death	Cleethorpes, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
	Grimsby Rovers
	Cleethorpes Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1905–1907	Grimsby Town	5	(2)
1911	Gainsborough Trinity	27	(14)
1912	Tottenham Hotspur	4	(0)
1913–1915	Port Vale	54	(45)
1915–1916	Grimsby Town
1916	Port Vale	2	(0)
1919	Port Vale	0	(0)
Total		91+	(61+)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Christopher (Chris) Young (26 May 1886 – 22 October 1956) was an English professional footballer who played for Grimsby Town, Gainsborough Trinity, Tottenham Hotspur and Port Vale.

Port Vale career

Starting his career with Grimsby Rovers, Cleethorpes Town (in two spells), Grimsby Town, Gainsborough Trinity and Tottenham Hotspur^[1] Young joined Port Vale in the summer of 1913.^[2]

Leading scorer in 1913–14 and 1914–15 with 37 and 40 goals respectively, he scored a club record seven goals in one game, when he put seven past Burton Rangers in the Birmingham Senior Cup First Round on 21 September 1914. He also put five past the Blackpool Reserves in a Central League match on 2 January 1915. He helped Vale to the North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup title in 1915, before moving back to Grimsby Town as Vale went into abeyance due to the war. As Vale returned, so did Young, albeit for only one appearance. He re-signed in February 1919, but before making a return picked up an injury which seems to have ended his career.^[3]

Honours

with Port Vale

• North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup winner: 1915

References

1. ^ A-Z of Tottenham Hotspur players Retrieved 27 August 2009
2. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888-1939. soccerdata. p. 290. ISBN 1899468633. 
3. ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 319. ISBN 0952915200. http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200. 

Persondata
Name	Young, Chris
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	25 May 1886
Place of birth	Cleethorpes, England
Date of death	22 October 1956
Place of death	Cleethorpes, England