Chris Young (footballer)

Chris Young

Young in a Port Vale team photo
Personal information
Full name	Christopher Young[1]
Date of birth	25 May 1886[1]
Place of birth	Cleethorpes, England[1]
Date of death	22 October 1956 (aged 70)[1]
Place of death	Cleethorpes, England[1]
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.

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. A prolific forward, he twice finished as Port Vale's top-scorer, and once scored a club record seven goals in one game.

Port Vale career

Starting his career with Grimsby Rovers, Cleethorpes Town (in two spells), Grimsby Town (Football League Second Division), Gainsborough Trinity and Tottenham Hotspur (Football League First Division),^[2] Young joined Port Vale in the summer of 1913.^[1][3]

Young finished as the club's top-scorer in 1913–14 and 1914–15 with 37 and 40 goals respectively.^[1] 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.^[1] He also put five past the Blackpool Reserves in a Central League match on 2 January 1915.^[1] 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.^[1] As Vale returned, so did Young, albeit for only one appearance.^[1] He re-signed in February 1919, but before making a return he picked up an injury which seems to have ended his career.^[1]

Statistics

• Sourced from Chris Young profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Grimsby Town	1905–06	Second Division	3	2	0	0	3	2
	1906–07	Second Division	2	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		5	2	0	0	5	2
Gainsborough Trinity	1911–12	Second Division	27	14	0	0	27	14
Tottenham Hotspur	1912–13	First Division	4	0	0	0	4	0
Port Vale	1913–14	Central League	26	22	7	6	33	28
	1914–15	Central League	28	23	3	3	31	26
	Total		54	45	10	9	64	54

Honours

with Port Vale

• North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup winner: 1915

References

1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 319. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
2. A-Z of Tottenham Hotspur players Retrieved 27 November 2012
3. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888-1939. soccerdata. p. 290. ISBN 1-899468-63-3.