Arthur Slater

Thomas Arthur Slater (25 February 1908 – 1976) was an English footballer.

Arthur Slater

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Arthur Slater[1]
Date of birth	25 February 1908[1]
Place of birth	Chester-le-Street, England[1]
Date of death	1976 (aged 67–68)
Place of death	Luton, England[2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Easington Colliery
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Murton
1926–1930	Clapton Orient	20	(0)
1930–1932	Port Vale	20	(0)
1932–1933	Watford	29	(0)
	Vauxhall Motors
Total		69	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Slater played for Easington Colliery, Murton and Clapton Orient before joining Port Vale in June 1930.[1] He kept a clean sheet on his debut; a 2–0 win over Swansea Town on 11 October 1930 at The Old Recreation Ground, and was the number one keeper until he lost this position to previous favourite Ben Davies in January 1931.[1] He played 14 Second Division games in 1930–31 and six games in 1931–32.[1] He transferred to Watford in August 1932, but was replaced by new signing Jim McLaren after struggling with injuries and later moved on to Vauxhall Motors.[3]

Statistics

Source:[4]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Clapton Orient	1926–27	Second Division	1	0	2	0	3	0
	1927–28	Second Division	4	0	0	0	4	0
	1928–29	Second Division	6	0	0	0	6	0
	1929–30	Third Division South	9	0	0	0	9	0
	Total		20	0	2	0	22	0
Port Vale	1930–31	Second Division	14	0	0	0	14	0
	1931–32	Second Division	6	0	0	0	6	0
	Total		20	0	0	0	20	0
Watford	1932–33	Third Division South	19	0	1	0	20	0
	1933–34	Third Division South	10	0	0	0	10	0
	Total		29	0	1	0	30	0

References

1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 268. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
2. "search deaths indexes 1837 - 2006". Findmypast.com. Missing or empty |url= (help)
3. "Profile" (PDF). watfordfcarchive.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
4. Arthur Slater at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)