Don Sloan

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Donald Sloan
Personal information
Full name Donald Sloan[1]
Date of birth 31 July 1883
Place of birth Rankinston, Scotland
Date of death 1 January 1917(1917-01-01) (aged 33)[2]
Place of death near Saint-Laurent-Blangy, France[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1903 Ayr
1903–1906 Distillery
1906–1908 Everton 6 (0)
1908–1909 Liverpool 6 (0)
1909– Distillery
0000–1912 Bathgate
1912–1914 East Stirlingshire 43 (0)
International career
1905 Irish League XI 1 (0)
Managerial career
Distillery (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Donald Sloan (31 July 1883 – 1 January 1917) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for in the Football League for Everton and Liverpool as a goalkeeper.[1][4][5] He also played in the Scottish and Irish Leagues and made one appearance for the Irish League XI.[6][7]

Personal life[edit]

Sloan served as a private in the Black Watch during the First World War.[3] He was killed when a German heavy mortar hit his dugout on 1 January 1917 near Saint-Laurent-Blangy, which caused it to collapse.[8][9][10] He was buried in Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras.[2] Sloan's elder brother Alexander Sloan later became the Labour MP for South Ayrshire.[11] Four of his younger brothers also fought in the First World War, of whom three died.[11]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Everton 1906–07[4] First Division 2 0 0 0 2 0
1907–08[4] 4 0 0 0 4 0
Total 6 0 0 0 6 0
Liverpool 1908–09[5] First Division 6 0 0 0 6 0
East Stirlingshire 1912–13[6] Scottish First Division 21 0 7 0 28 0
1913–14[6] 22 0 9 0 31 0
Total 43 0 16 0 59 0
Career total 55 0 16 0 71 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 266. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b "The Fallen of Everton Football Club & Everton de Viña del Mar, Chile" (PDF). p. 5. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Donald Sloan | Everton Football Club". www.evertonfc.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Liverpool career stats for Don Sloan – LFChistory – Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". www.lfchistory.net. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  6. ^ a b c Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  7. ^ "Irish Football League Inter-League – 1892/93 – 1899/00". www.glenniewebdesign.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Everton Remembers". www.evertonfc.com. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Donald Sloan | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  10. ^ "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1916–1917" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  11. ^ a b "Sanny Sloan, The Miners' MP (2015, revised 2018)" (PDF). Retrieved 26 January 2019.


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