Richard Sloley
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][4] He was capped by England at amateur level and represented Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[2][5][6] Sloley formed short-lived amateur club Argonauts in 1928.[7]
| 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 (aged 55)[3] | ||
| Place of death | St Pancras, England[3] | ||
| 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) |
| 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 | |||
Personal life
Sloley was a Cambridge Blue and as of 1911, was working as an assistant schoolmaster in Guildford.[7][3] He served as a lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps during the First World War.[8]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brentford | 1913–14[4] | Southern League Second Division | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | |
| 1914–15[4] | 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
- "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 190589161X.
- Richard Sloley on Lives of the First World War
- White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 362–363. ISBN 0951526200.
- "Richard Sloley :: Richard W. Sloley ::". www.thefinalball.com. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- "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 | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
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