[1] Nicknamed El Indio he won many titles with his club Nacional, and also a Copa América with the Uruguay national team.

He committed suicide on 5 March 1918, by shooting himself in the center of the field at Estadio Gran Parque Central, an incident still remembered by the sport community of Uruguay.

[4] Porte was cited by writer Xosé de Enríquez in his book Hacia el Campo van los Albos:[5] (Porte) was a typical defensive man of combative style: tenacious, centre-back of a brilliant period of Uruguayan football.

Abdón Porte was notable, with well-known defensive and collaborative extraordinary virtues that will be remembered for a long time by older fans.

Porte left the club at 1:00 a.m. and took a tram to the Estadio Gran Parque Central, Nacional's venue.

[12] Another Uruguayan writer, Eduardo Galeano, remembered Porte in a short chapter in his book El Fútbol a Sol y Sombra entitled "Muerte en la cancha" (Death on the pitch).

He could not stand the impact: he wrote a letter, went to Parque Central (which had been a theatre for Porte's greatest achievements) and put an end to his life on the old field, where he had played brilliantly.(...)

Maybe the old mindwill tower is still looking at that point"The club named "Abdón Porte" the western stand of Gran Parque Central.