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Richard Sloley

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Richard Sloley
Personal details
Born 20 August 1891[1]
Barnstaple, England[1]
Died 17 October 1946(1946-10-17) (aged 55)[2]
St Pancras, England[2]

Richard W. Sloley (20 August 1891 – 17 October 1946),[4] sometimes known as Dick Sloley, was an English amateur who played as an inside right in the Football League for Aston Villa .[1][5] He was capped by England at amateur level and represented Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1][6][7] Sloley formed short-lived amateur club Argonauts in 1928.[8]

Personal life[]

Sloley was a Cambridge Blue and as of 1911, was working as an assistant schoolmaster in Guildford.[8][2] He served as a lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps during the First World War.[9]

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[5] Southern League Second Division 2 3 — 2 3
1914–15[5] 3 5 1 0 4 5
Total 5 8 1 0 6 8
Aston Villa (loan) 1919–20[3] First Division 2 0 — 2 0
Career total 7 8 1 0 8 8

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 267. ISBN 978-1905891610. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 R on Lives of the First World War
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Richard W Sloley". http://www.11v11.com/players/richard-w-sloley-131666/. 
  4. ↑ "Richard Sloley". Olympedia. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25284. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 White, Eric, ed (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 362–363. ISBN 0951526200. 
  6. ↑ "Richard W. Sloley". http://www.thefinalball.com/player_teams.php?id=271275. 
  7. ↑ "Forgotten Glories – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974". http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.uk/Forgotten%20Glories.pdf. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Argonauts". http://ssudl.solent.ac.uk/2202/1/SH-Argonauts.doc. 
  9. ↑ "Richard Sloley | Service Record" (in en-US). Football and the First World War. https://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/richard-sloley-service-record/. 

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