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Richard Sloley
Personal information
Full name Richard W. Sloley[1]
Date of birth 20 August 1891[2]
Place of birth Barnstaple, England[2]
Date of death 17 October 1946(1946-10-17) (aged 55)[3]
Place of death St Pancras, England[3]
Position(s) Inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Corinthian
Cambridge University
1914 Brentford 5 (8)
Corinthian
1919–1922 Corinthian
1919 → Aston Villa (loan) 2 (0)
Ealing Association
International career
1919–1920 England Amateurs 4 (3)
1920 Great Britain 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard W. Sloley (20 August 1891 – 17 October 1946), sometimes known as Dick Stoley, was an English amateur football inside right who played in the Football League for Aston Villa.[2][4] He was capped by England at amateur level and represented Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[2][5][6] Sloley formed short-lived amateur club Argonauts in 1928.[7]

Personal life

Sloley was a Cambridge Blue and as of 1911, was working as an assistant schoolmaster in Guildford.[7][3] He served as a lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps during the First World War.[8]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1913–14[4] Southern League Second Division 2 3 — 2 3
1914–15[4] 3 5 1 0 4 5
Total 5 8 1 0 6 8
Aston Villa (loan) 1919–20[1] First Division 2 0 — 2 0
Career total 7 8 1 0 8 8

References

  1. ^ a b "Richard W Sloley". 11v11.com. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 267. ISBN 190589161X.
  3. ^ a b c Richard Sloley on Lives of the First World War
  4. ^ a b c White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 362–363. ISBN 0951526200.
  5. ^ "Richard Sloley :: Richard W. Sloley ::". www.thefinalball.com. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  6. ^ "FORGOTTEN GLORIES – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Argonauts". Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Richard Sloley | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 13 November 2018.


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