Arthur Slater

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]
Playing position	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. † Appearances (goals)

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

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]

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.
3. "Profile" (PDF). watfordfcarchive.com. Retrieved 26 August 2015.