Don Sloan
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Donald Sloan[1] | ||
Date of birth | 31 July 1883 | ||
Place of birth | Rankinston, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 1 January 1917[2] | (aged 33)||
Place of death | Arras, France | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Distillery | |||
1906–1908 | Everton | 6 | (0) |
1908–1909 | Liverpool | 6 | (0) |
Distillery | |||
International career | |||
1905 | Irish League XI | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
Distillery (player-manager) | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Donald Sloan (31 July 1883 – 1 January 1917) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for in the Football League for Everton and Liverpool.[1][3][4] He made one appearance for the Irish League XI.[5]
Personal life
Sloan served as a private in the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) during the First World War and was killed on 1 January 1917 near Arras.[6][7] He was buried in Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras.[2]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Everton | 1906–07[3] | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1907–08[3] | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Liverpool | 1908–09[4] | First Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Career total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 266. ISBN 190589161X.
- ^ a b "CWGC – Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ a b c "Donald Sloan | Everton Football Club". www.evertonfc.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ a b LFChistory.net. "Liverpool career stats for Don Sloan – LFChistory – Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". www.lfchistory.net. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ "Irish Football League Inter-League – 1892/93 – 1899/00". www.glenniewebdesign.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ "Donald Sloan | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1916–1917" (PDF). Retrieved 15 May 2018.
Categories:
- 1883 births
- Scottish footballers
- Liverpool F.C. players
- 1917 deaths
- Lisburn Distillery F.C. players
- Everton F.C. players
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- People from South Ayrshire
- Association football goalkeepers
- English Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Black Watch soldiers
- Irish League representative players
- NIFL Premiership players
- Lisburn Distillery F.C. managers
- NIFL Premiership managers
- Scottish football goalkeeper stubs