| Nolan Evans | |
| Fullname: | Nolan Edwin Evans |
| Birth Date: | 1885 |
| Birth Place: | Ashton-in-Makerfield, England |
| Death Place: | Ashton-in-Makerfield, England |
| Height: | [1] |
| Position: | Left back |
| Years1: | –1909 |
| Clubs1: | Brynn Central |
| Years2: | 1909–1910 |
| Clubs2: | St Helens Recreation |
| Years3: | 1910–1912 |
| Clubs3: | Exeter City |
| Caps3: | 63 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 1912–1914 |
| Clubs4: | Clapton Orient |
| Caps4: | 111 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
Nolan Evans (1885–1948), sometimes known as Peggy Evans, was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Clapton Orient as a left back.[2] [3]
Evans worked as a miner.[4] He served as a sergeant in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War.[5] Evans was wounded in the thigh at Delville Wood and nearly lost the leg as a result.[6] He was wounded again in March 1918 and the effects caused his retirement from football.
| Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Exeter City | 1910–11 | Southern League First Division | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | |
| 1911–12 | Southern League First Division | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | ||
| Total | 63 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 2 | |||
| Clapton Orient | 1914–15[7] | Second Division | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| Career total | 100 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 2 | |||