Personal information | |||
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Full name | Donald Sloan [1] | ||
Date of birth | 31 July 1883 | ||
Place of birth | Rankinston, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 1 January 1917[2] | (aged 33)||
Place of death | near Saint-Laurent-Blangy, France [3] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
–1903 | Ayr | ||
1903–1906 | Distillery | ||
1906–1908 | Everton | 6 | (0) |
1908–1909 | Liverpool | 6 | (0) |
1909– | Distillery | ||
–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]
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]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
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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 |
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Donald Sloan [1] | ||
Date of birth | 31 July 1883 | ||
Place of birth | Rankinston, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 1 January 1917[2] | (aged 33)||
Place of death | near Saint-Laurent-Blangy, France [3] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
–1903 | Ayr | ||
1903–1906 | Distillery | ||
1906–1908 | Everton | 6 | (0) |
1908–1909 | Liverpool | 6 | (0) |
1909– | Distillery | ||
–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]
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]
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 |