Tom Sloan (footballer, born 1880)

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Tom Sloan
Personal information
Full name Thomas Parker Sloan [1]
Date of birth 4 October 1880
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Thornliebank
1899–1900 Glasgow Perthshire
1900–1914 Third Lanark 233 (11)
International career
1904 Scotland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Parker Sloan (born 4 October 1880) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre half.

Career

Born in Glasgow, Sloan played club football for Third Lanark, [2] where he served as club captain and won the Scottish Football League championship with them in 1904, followed by the Scottish Cup in 1905. [3] He later served as a club director. [3]

Sloan made one appearance for Scotland in 1904. [3]

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References

  1. [A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players], John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012
  2. (Third Lanark player) Sloan, Thomas P., FitbaStats
  3. 1 2 3 Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 259.