Richard Sloley

Richard Sloley
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(1946-10-17) (aged 55)[3]
Place of death London, England[4]
Playing position Inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Corinthian
Cambridge University
Brentford
Corinthian
1919–1922 Corinthian
1919Aston Villa (loan) 2 (0)
Ealing Association
National team
1920 England Amateurs 2 (1)
1920 Great Britain 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Richard Sloley (20 August 1891–17 October 1946), sometimes known as Dick Stoley, was an English amateur football inside right who played 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.[2][5] Stoley formed short-lived amateur club Argonauts in 1928.[6]

Personal life

Sloley was a Cambridge Blue and served as a lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps during the First World War.[6][7]

References

  1. "Richard W Sloley". 11v11.com. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 267. ISBN 190589161X.
  3. http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.richard.sloley.140031.en.html
  4. "England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription". Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  5. "Richard Sloley :: Richard W. Sloley ::". www.footballzz.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
  6. 1 2 http://www.ssudl.solent.ac.uk/2202/1/SH-Argonauts.doc
  7. "Medal Index Cards Transcription". search.livesofthefirstworldwar.org. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
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