Herbert Alfred Potts (1878 – before 1939) was an English
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who played for Belgian clubs
Antwerp and
Beerschot AC
Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (), simply known as Beerschot AC, was a Belgian football club based in southern Antwerp. Beerschot played in the Belgian Pro League from 1999–2000 (as Germinal Beerschot) until 2012–13, when they were ...
.
Club career
He was the
topscorer in the Belgian First Division in the
1900–01 and
1901–02 seasons, 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
He featured in four
unofficial matches with the Belgium national team between 1901 and 1904, in which he represented
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
in
friendly cup duels against the
Netherlands
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. He scored 12 goals in those 4 caps, resulting in a strike rate of 3 goals per game.
Retirement
After retiring, he returned to England and worked in the import business.
[His wife, Isa Chenoweth Potts, was listed as a widow in the 1939 England and Wales Register]
Career statistics
:''Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Potts goal.''
References
1878 births
Date of birth missing
Date of death missing
English footballers
Royal Antwerp F.C. players
Beerschot A.C. players
Belgian Pro League players
English expatriate footballers
English expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
Association football forwards
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