Patrick Slavin | |
Fullname: | Patrick Slavin |
Birth Date: | 5 May 1877 |
Birth Place: | Shotts, Scotland |
Death Place: | near Serre-lès-Puisieux, France |
Position: | Outside right |
Years1: | –1897 |
Clubs1: | Fauldhouse Hibs |
Years2: | 1897 |
Clubs2: | Celtic |
Caps2: | 1 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1897–1898 |
Clubs3: | Motherwell |
Caps3: | 10 |
Goals3: | 4 |
Years4: | 1898–1900 |
Clubs4: | Dykehead |
Years5: | 1900 |
Clubs5: | Carfin Shamrock |
Years6: | 1900 |
Clubs6: | Dykehead |
Years7: | 1900 |
Clubs7: | Albion Rovers |
Years8: | 1900–1901 |
Clubs8: | East Benhar Rangers |
Clubs9: | Heatherbell |
Clubs10: | Broxburn |
Clubs11: | West Calder Swifts |
Patrick Slavin (5 May 1877 – 13 November 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Motherwell and Celtic as an outside right.[1] [2]
Slavin served as a sergeant in the Royal Scots during the First World War.[3] At the time of his enlistment in February 1915, he was working as a foreman at Braehead Quarry, Edinburgh.[4] Slavin was killed during a failed attack on Serre-lès-Puisieux on 13 November 1916, during the Battle of the Ancre.[5] He was buried in Serre Road Cemetery No. 2.
Season | League | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Celtic | 1896–97 | Scottish First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Motherwell | 1897-89[6] | Scottish Second Division | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
Career total | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 |