| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard W. Sloley | ||
| Date of birth | 20 August 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Barnstaple, England | ||
| Date of death | 17 October 1946(1946-10-17) (aged 55) | ||
| Place of death | Fitzrovia, England | ||
| 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 | |||
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. He was capped by England at amateur level and represented Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Sloley formed short-lived amateur club Argonauts in 1928.
Personal life
Sloley was a Cambridge Blue and as of 1911, was working as an assistant schoolmaster in Guildford. He served as a lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps during the First World War.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brentford | 1913–14 | Southern League Second Division | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | |
| 1914–15 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Total | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Aston Villa (loan) | 1919–20 | First Division | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| Career total | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
References
- ^ "Richard W Sloley". 11v11.com. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 267. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ Richard Sloley at Olympedia (archive)
- "Forgotten Glories – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ "Argonauts". Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- Richard Sloley on Lives of the First World War
- "Richard Sloley | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 362–363. ISBN 0951526200.
External links
| Great Britain football squad – 1920 Summer Olympics | ||
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- English men's footballers
- Brentford F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Men's association football inside forwards
- Southern Football League players
- Corinthian F.C. players
- Footballers from Barnstaple
- 1891 births
- Cambridge University A.F.C. players
- England men's amateur international footballers
- Aston Villa F.C. players
- Olympic footballers for Great Britain
- Footballers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- 1946 deaths
- Royal Army Service Corps officers
- British Army personnel of World War I