Arthur Slater

This article is about the English footballer. For the Essendon and North Melbourne footballer, born Arthur Slater, see Syd Slater. For the Australian rules footballer born in 1890, see Arthur Slater (footballer, born 1890).

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

Arthur Slater

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Arthur Winstanley Slater[1]
Date of birth	(1908-02-25)25 February 1908[2]
Place of birth	Chester-le-Street, England[2]
Date of death	1976 (aged 67–68)[1]
Place of death	Luton, England[1]
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Slater played for Easington Colliery, Murton and Clapton Orient before joining Port Vale in June 1930.^[2] 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.^[2] He played 14 Second Division games in 1930–31 and six games in 1931–32.^[2] 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.^[1]

Career statistics

Source:^[3]

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. "Thomas Arthur Winstanley Slater, (1933) Goalkeeper" (PDF). Watford F.C. Archive. p. 45. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
2. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities: A Biographical Dictionary of Players, Officials and Supporters. Witan Books. p. 268. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
3. Arthur Slater at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)