Harold Sloan
Irish footballer (1882–1917) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the economist, see Harold S. Sloan.
Harold Alexander De Barbizon Sloan (25 August 1882 – 21 January 1917) was an Irish soccer player at the beginning of the 20th century.
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Born | (1882-08-25)25 August 1882 Ireland |
Died | 21 January 1917(1917-01-21) (aged 34) |
Occupation | Football player |
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Country | Ireland (1882–1950) |
Sport | Association football |
Position | Forward |
League | Irish Football League Leinster Senior League |
Club | Bohemian FC |
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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.[1]
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.[2][3]
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]