Christopher Young (26 May 1886 – 22 October 1956) was an English professional

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who played for

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and

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...

. A prolific

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

Career

Starting his career with Grimsby Rovers, Cleethorpes Town (in two spells),

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and

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), Young joined

in the summer of 1913. Young finished as the club's top-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

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First Round on 21 September 1914. He also put five past the Blackpool Reserves in a

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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 he picked up an injury which seems to have ended his career.

Career statistics

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Chris 1886 births 1956 deaths Sportspeople from Cleethorpes English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Grimsby Town F.C. players Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Port Vale F.C. players English Football League players