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English footballer

Harold Sly
Personal information
Date of birth (1904-02-26)26 February 1904
Place of birth Appley Bridge, England
Date of death 1996 (aged 91–92)
Place of death Hove, England
Position(s) Full back, half back, inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1922 Rover Motor Company
1922–192? Birmingham 0 (0)
192?–1927 Tamworth Castle
1927–1929 Gillingham 15 (1)
1929–1933 Brighton & Hove Albion 22 (0)
1933–19?? FC Sète
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harold Sly (26 February 1904 – 1996) was an English professional footballer of the 1920s and 1930s.

Born in Appley Bridge, he played football for the Rover Company's team before joining Birmingham, however he never started a match for the club in the English Football League, and dropped back into the amateur game with Tamworth Castle. In 1927 he joined Gillingham of the Football League Third Division South, where he spent two seasons but never secured a regular place in the club's first team. He then moved to Brighton & Hove Albion, before joining French club FC Sète.

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939. Soccerdata. p. 240. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  2. Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Soccerdata. pp. 41–42. ISBN 1-899468-20-X.


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