Arthur Slater

Thomas Arthur Slater (25 February 1908 – 1976) was an English footballer.

This article is about the English footballer. For the Essendon and North Melbourne footballer, born Arthur Slater, see Syd Slater. For the Australian rules footballer born in 1890, see Arthur Slater (footballer, born 1890).

Arthur Slater
Personal information
Full name Thomas Arthur Slater[1]
Date of birth (1908-02-25)25 February 1908[1]
Place of birth Chester-le-Street, England[1]
Date of death 1976 (aged 67–68)
Place of death Luton, England[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Easington Colliery
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Murton
1926–1930 Clapton Orient 20 (0)
1930–1932 Port Vale 20 (0)
1932–1933 Watford 29 (0)
Vauxhall Motors
Total 69 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Slater played for Easington Colliery, Murton and Clapton Orient before joining Port Vale in June 1930.[1] He kept a clean sheet on his debut; a 2–0 win over Swansea Town on 11 October 1930 at The Old Recreation Ground, and was the number one keeper until he lost this position to previous favourite Ben Davies in January 1931.[1] He played 14 Second Division games in 1930–31 and six games in 1931–32.[1] He transferred to Watford in August 1932, but was replaced by new signing Jim McLaren after struggling with injuries and later moved on to Vauxhall Motors.[3]

Statistics

Source:[4]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Clapton Orient 1926–27 Second Division 102030
1927–28 Second Division 400040
1928–29 Second Division 600060
1929–30 Third Division South 900090
Total 20020220
Port Vale 1930–31 Second Division 14000140
1931–32 Second Division 600060
Total 20000200
Watford 1932–33 Third Division South 19010200
1933–34 Third Division South 10000100
Total 29010300

References
  1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 268. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. "search deaths indexes 1837 - 2006". Findmypast.com. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. "Profile" (PDF). watfordfcarchive.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  4. Arthur Slater at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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