Patrick Slavin

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.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Personal life

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.^[6] Slavin was killed during a failed attack on Serre-lès-Puisieux on 13 November 1916, during the Battle of the Ancre.^[2] He was buried in Serre Road Cemetery No. 2.^[1]

1 2 3"Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
1 2Hoskins, Robert. "Research and Remembrance – Celtic Football Club". www.hellfirecorner.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
1 2"They Died in the Conflict in Season 1916–1917"(PDF). p. 12. Archived from the original(PDF) on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
1 2 "Detalles del jugador del Celtic Patrick Slavin" . www.fitbastats.com . Consultado el 17 de septiembre de 2016 .
↑ "Slavin, Patrick" . The Celtic Wiki . Consultado el 17 de septiembre de 2016 .
↑ "Lista de honor de Fauldhouse" . pág. 27. Archivado del original (PDF) el 25 de julio de 2018. Consultado el 25 de julio de 2018 .
↑ Litster, John. Registro de jugadores de la Liga Escocesa de antes de la guerra . Norwich: PM Publications.