Allan Sliman

Allan Sliman
Personal information
Full name Allan Melrose Sliman
Date of birth (1906-02-27)27 February 1906
Place of birth Busby, Scotland
Date of death 1945
Place of death RAF plane crash
Playing position Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–19?? Arthurlie
1928–1932 Bristol City 136 (1)
1932–1938 Chesterfield 241 (9)
1938–1939 Chelmsford City
Teams managed
1938–1939 Chelmsford City player manager
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Allan Melrose Sliman (born 27 February 1906 in Busby, Scotland and died in 1945 in an RAF plane crash) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre half. He made over 370 Football League appearances in the years before the Second World War.[1]

Career

Allan Sliman played locally for Arthurlie before Alex Raisbeck signed him in September 1928 for £280 for Bristol City.[2][3] Sliman joined Chesterfield for £2,000 in March 1932. Allan Sliman joined Chelmsford City as player manager in October 1938 playing in their FA Cup run in 1938-39. Sliman managed Chelmsford City for 25 matches, of which 16 were won and seven lost. Sliman died in an RAF plane crash in 1945.[2]

Honours

with Chesterfield

References

  1. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 – 1939. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  2. 1 2 Woods, David; Leigh Edwards (1997). Bristol City FC The First 100 years. Redcliffe Press. ISBN 1-900178-26-5.
  3. ↑ Woods, David (1994). Bristol Babe The First 100 years of Bristol City FC. Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-95-X.


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