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 Fitzrovia, 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)
1920–1927 Ealing Association
International career
1919–1920 England Amateurs 4 (3)
1920 Great Britain 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard W. Sloley (20 August 1891 – 17 October 1946) was an English amateur footballer who played as an inside right in the Football League for Aston Villa.[2] He was capped by England at amateur level and represented Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[3][4] Sloley formed short-lived amateur club Argonauts in 1928.[5]

Personal life

Sloley was a Cambridge Blue and as of 1911, was working as an assistant schoolmaster in Guildford.[5][6] He served as a lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps during the First World War.[7]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1913–14[8] Southern League Second Division 2 3 — 2 3
1914–15[8] 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 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 267. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  3. 1 2 3 Richard Sloley at Olympedia
  4. ↑ "Forgotten Glories – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Argonauts". Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  6. ↑ Richard Sloley on Lives of the First World War
  7. ↑ "Richard Sloley | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  8. 1 2 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 362–363. ISBN 0951526200.
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