This article is about the English footballer. For the Essendon and North Melbourne footballer, born Arthur Slater, see Syd Slater. For the Australian rules footballer born in 1890, see Arthur Slater (footballer, born 1890).

Thomas Arthur Winstanley Slater (25 February 1908 – 1976) was an English footballer.

Career

Slater played for Easington Colliery, Murton and Clapton Orient before joining Port Vale in June 1930.[2] He kept a clean sheet on his debut; a 2–0 win over Swansea Town on 11 October 1930 at The Old Recreation Ground, and was the number one keeper until he lost this position to previous favourite Ben Davies in January 1931.[2] He played 14 Second Division games in 1930–31 and six games in 1931–32.[2] He transferred to Watford in August 1932, but was replaced by new signing Jim McLaren after struggling with injuries and later moved on to Vauxhall Motors.[1]

Career statistics

Source:[3]

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Clapton Orient 1926–27 Second Division 1 0 2 0 3 0
1927–28 Second Division 4 0 0 0 4 0
1928–29 Second Division 6 0 0 0 6 0
1929–30 Third Division South 9 0 0 0 9 0
Total 20 0 2 0 22 0
Port Vale 1930–31 Second Division 14 0 0 0 14 0
1931–32 Second Division 6 0 0 0 6 0
Total 20 0 0 0 20 0
Watford 1932–33 Third Division South 19 0 1 0 20 0
1933–34 Third Division South 10 0 0 0 10 0
Total 29 0 1 0 30 0

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Thomas Arthur Winstanley Slater, (1933) Goalkeeper" (PDF). Watford F.C. Archive. p. 45. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities: A Biographical Dictionary of Players, Officials and Supporters. Witan Books. p. 268. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  3. ^ Arthur Slater at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Slater
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