Nolan Evans
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nolan Edwin Evans[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1885 | ||
| Place of birth | Ashton-in-Makerfield, England | ||
| Date of death | 1948 (aged 62–63)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Ashton-in-Makerfield, England[2] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.71 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1909 | Brynn Central | ||
| 1909–1910 | St Helens Recreation | ||
| 1910–1912 | Exeter City | 63 | (2) |
| 1912–1914 | Clapton Orient | 111 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nolan Evans (1885–1948), sometimes known as Peggy Evans, was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Clapton Orient as a left back.[1][4]
Personal life[edit]
Evans worked as a miner.[2] He served as a sergeant in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War.[5] Evans was wounded in the thigh at Delville Wood and nearly lost the leg as a result.[6] He was wounded again in March 1918 and the effects caused his retirement from football.[6]
Career statistics[edit]
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| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Exeter City | 1910–11[2] | Southern League First Division | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 1911–12[2] | Southern League First Division | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
| Total | 63 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 2 | ||
| Clapton Orient | 1914–15[7] | Second Division | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| Career total | 100 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 2 | ||
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 93. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b c d "Evans, Nolan". The Grecian Archive. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Clapton Orient". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Evans Nolan Clapton Orient 1913". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ "Nolan Edwin Evans | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Our Her-O's: Part 4 of Orient's World War I heroes". www.leytonorient.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ "Clapton Orient Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
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- 1885 births
- 1948 deaths
- People from Ashton-in-Makerfield
- Footballers from Greater Manchester
- Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
- English men's footballers
- English Football League players
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Brynn Central F.C. players
- St Helens Recreation F.C. players
- Exeter City F.C. players
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Middlesex Regiment soldiers
- Military personnel from Manchester
- Southern Football League players
- English miners
- English football defender, 1880s birth stubs