Richard W. Sloley (20 August 1891 – 17 October 1946) was an English amateur footballer who played as an inside right in the Football League for Aston Villa.[2] He was capped by England at amateur level and represented Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[3][4] Sloley formed short-lived amateur club Argonauts in 1928.[5]
| 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 (aged 55)[3] | ||
| Place of death | Fitzrovia, 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) |
| 1920–1927 | Ealing Association | ||
| International career | |||
| 1919–1920 | England Amateurs | 4 | (3) |
| 1920 | Great Britain | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Personal life
Sloley was a Cambridge Blue and as of 1911, was working as an assistant schoolmaster in Guildford.[5][6] He served as a lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps during the First World War.[7]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brentford | 1913–14[8] | Southern League Second Division | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | |
| 1914–15[8] | 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
External links
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
