Harold Sloan
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 August 1882 Ireland |
| Died | 21 January 1917 (aged 34) |
| Occupation | Football player |
| Height | 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country | Ireland (1882–1950) |
| Sport | Association football |
| Position | Forward |
| League | Irish Football League Leinster Senior League |
| Club | Bohemian 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.[2]
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.[3][1]
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
[edit]Bohemians
- Leinster League: 1899–1900, 1900–01, 1901–02
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Harold Sloan". Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats (NIFG). Jonny Dewart. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Harold Sloan - Bohemian Profile". bohemianfb.com. Bohemian FC. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ "Harold Sloan". iffhs.de. IFFHS. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ "Ireland Focus : The 1916 Rising". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ "Casualty Details". cwgc.org. CWGC. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
Categories:
- 1882 births
- 1917 deaths
- Association footballers from County Dublin
- Irish association footballers (before 1923)
- Men's association football forwards
- Pre-1950 IFA men's international footballers
- Bohemian F.C. players
- Royal Garrison Artillery officers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Leinster Senior League (association football) players
- Irish military personnel killed in action