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
1914 Brentford 5 (8)
Corinthian
1919–1922 Corinthian
1919 → Aston Villa (loan) 2 (0)
Ealing Association
National team
1919–1920 England Amateurs 4 (3)
1920 Great Britain 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Richard W. 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][5] He was capped by England at amateur level and represented Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[2][6][7] Sloley formed short-lived amateur club Argonauts in 1928.[8]

Personal life

Sloley was a Cambridge Blue and served as a lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps during the First World War.[8][9]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1913–14[5] Southern League Second Division 2 3 — 2 3
1914–15[5] 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

  1. 1 2 "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. ↑ "Football: Richard Sloley".
  4. ↑ "England & Wales deaths 1837–2007 Transcription". Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 362–363. ISBN 0951526200.
  6. ↑ "Richard Sloley :: Richard W. Sloley ::". www.footballzz.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
  7. ↑ "FORGOTTEN GLORIES – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974" (PDF). Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Argonauts".
  9. ↑ "Medal Index Cards Transcription". search.livesofthefirstworldwar.org. Retrieved 2015-12-25.


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