| Richard Sloley | |
| Fullname: | Richard W. Sloley[1] |
| Birth Date: | 20 August 1891 |
| Birth Place: | Barnstaple, England |
| Death Place: | Fitzrovia, England |
| Position: | Inside right |
| Clubs1: | Corinthian |
| Clubs2: | Cambridge University |
| Years3: | 1914 |
| Clubs3: | Brentford |
| Caps3: | 5 |
| Goals3: | 8 |
| Clubs4: | Corinthian |
| Years5: | 1919–1922 |
| Clubs5: | Corinthian |
| Years6: | 1919 |
| Clubs6: | → Aston Villa (loan) |
| Caps6: | 2 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 1920–1927 |
| Clubs7: | Ealing Association |
| Nationalyears1: | 1919–1920 |
| Nationalteam1: | England Amateurs |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
| Nationalyears2: | 1920 |
| Nationalteam2: | Great Britain |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Richard W. Sloley (20 August 1891 – 17 October 1946) was an English amateur footballer who played as an inside right in the Football League for Aston Villa.[2] He was capped by England at amateur level and represented Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[3] Sloley formed short-lived amateur club Argonauts in 1928.
Sloley was a Cambridge Blue and as of 1911, was working as an assistant schoolmaster in Guildford.[4] He served as a lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps during the First World War.[5]
| Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Brentford | 1913–14[6] | Southern League Second Division | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1914–15 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Total | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | |||
| Aston Villa (loan) | 1919–20 | First Division | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | |||