Patrick Slavin

Patrick Slavin
Personal information
Date of birth 5 May 1877
Place of birth Shotts, Scotland
Date of death 13 November 1916(1916-11-13) (aged 39)[1]
Place of death Serre, France
Playing position Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Fauldhouse Hibs
1897 Celtic 1 (0)
1897–1898 Motherwell 10 (4)
1898–1900 Dykehead
1900 Carfin Shamrock
1900 Dykehead
1900 Albion Rovers
1900–1901 East Benhar Rangers
Heatherbell
Broxburn
West Calder Swifts
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Patrick Slavin (5 May 1877 – 13 November 1916) was a Scottish professional football outside right who played in the Scottish League for Motherwell and Celtic.[2][3][4]

Personal life

Rollo served as a sergeant in the Royal Scots during the First World War and was killed during a failed attack on Serre on 13 November 1916, during the Battle of the Ancre.[2][5] He was buried in Serre Road Cemetery No. 2.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 http://www.edinburghs-war.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/pdf_Season_1916-1917_(Fell).pdf
  3. "Celtic Player Patrick Slavin Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  4. "Slavin, Patrick - The Celtic Wiki". www.thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  5. "Research and Remembrance - Celtic Football Club". www.hellfirecorner.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-17.


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