Harold Sloan
Personal information
Born(1882-08-25)25 August 1882
Ireland
Died21 January 1917(1917-01-21) (aged 34)
OccupationFootball player
Sport
CountryIreland (1882–1950)
SportAssociation football
PositionForward
LeagueIrish Football League
Leinster Senior League
ClubBohemian FC

Harold Alexander De Barbizon Sloan (25 August 1882 – 21 January 1917) was an Irish soccer player at the beginning of the 20th century.

Sloan represented Bohemians during his career in the Irish League. A forward, he was one of the main stars in the early Bohemian history. He scored the very first goal ever at Dalymount Park in a 4–2 win over Shelbourne on 7 September 1901.[1]

He won eight full international caps for Ireland and once scored a hat-trick for them against Wales in a 4–4 draw in April 1906.[2][3]

Sloan served as a second lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery in the British Army and was killed in action during World War I on 21 January 1917.[4] He is buried at the Guards Cemetery at Combles.[5]

Honours

Bohemians

  • Leinster League: 1899–1900, 1900–01, 1901–02

References

  1. "Harold Sloan - Bohemian Profile". bohemianfb.com. Bohemian FC. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  2. "Harold Sloan". iffhs.de. IFFHS. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  3. "Harold Sloan Profile". nifootball.blogspot.com. Northern Ireland Football Blog. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  4. "Ireland Focus : The 1916 Rising". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  5. "Casualty Details". cwgc.org. CWGC. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
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