Patrick Slavin
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Patrick Slavin[1] | ||
Date of birth | 5 May 1877 | ||
Place of birth | Shotts, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 13 November 1916[1] | (aged 39)||
Place of death | near Serre-lès-Puisieux, France[2] | ||
Position(s) | Outside right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1897 | Fauldhouse Hibs | ||
1897 | Celtic | 1 | (0) |
1897–1898 | Motherwell | 10 | (4) |
1898–1900 | Dykehead | ||
1900 | Carfin Shamrock | ||
1900 | Dykehead | ||
1900 | Albion Rovers | ||
1900–1901 | East Benhar Rangers | ||
Heatherbell | |||
Broxburn | |||
West Calder Swifts | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Patrick Slavin (5 May 1877 – 13 November 1916) was a Scottish professional football outside right who played in the Scottish League for Motherwell and Celtic.[3][4][5]
Personal life
Slavin served as a sergeant in the Royal Scots during the First World War.[3] At the time of his enlistment in February 1915, he was working as a foreman at Braehead Quarry, Edinburgh.[6] Slavin was killed during a failed attack on Serre-lès-Puisieux on 13 November 1916, during the Battle of the Ancre.[2] He was buried in Serre Road Cemetery No. 2.[1]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Celtic | 1896–97[4] | Scottish First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Motherwell | 1897-89[7] | Scottish Second Division | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
Career total | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
References
- ^ a b c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ a b Hoskins, Robert. "Research and Remembrance – Celtic Football Club". www.hellfirecorner.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 March 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ a b "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1916–1917" (PDF). p. 12. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Celtic Player Patrick Slavin Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Slavin, Patrick – The Celtic Wiki". www.thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Fauldhouse Roll of Honour" (PDF). p. 27. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
Categories:
- Scottish footballers
- 1916 deaths
- British Army personnel of World War I
- 1877 births
- Scottish Football League players
- Celtic F.C. players
- People from Shotts
- Royal Scots soldiers
- Association football outside forwards
- Motherwell F.C. players
- Dykehead F.C. players
- Albion Rovers F.C. players
- British military personnel killed at the Battle of the Somme
- Scottish football forward stubs