Edward Proctor

Edward Proctor
Personal information
Full name	Edward Proctor
Date of birth	1870
Place of birth	Barlaston, England
Date of death	1944 (aged 74)
Position(s)	Inside-right
Youth career
	Leek
	Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Senior career*
Years	Team
1895–1896	Stoke
1896–1897	Burslem Port Vale
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward Proctor (1870–1944) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke.^[1]

Career

Proctor played for Leek and Royal Dublin Fusiliers before joining league club Stoke in 1895.^[1] He played three times for Stoke in 1895–96 scoring twice against The Wednesday and Preston North End.^[1] He then moved onto Midland Football League club and nearby rivals Burslem Port Vale in October 1896.^[2] He scored on his debut, in a 1–1 draw with Dresden United at the Athletic Ground in a Staffordshire Senior Cup preliminary round match on 10 October 1896.^[2] He was a first-team regular until he lost his place in January 1897 and was most likely released at the end of the season.^[2]

Source:^[3]

Club	Division	Season	League		FA Cup		Staffordshire Cup		Total
Club	Division	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke	First Division	1895–96	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	2
Burslem Port Vale	Midland League	1896–97	13	3	2	0	2	1	17	4
Career total			16	5	2	0	2	1	20	6

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 241. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ Edward Proctor at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)