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Harold Alexander De Barbizon Sloan (25 August 1882 – 21 January 1917) was an Irish soccer player at the beginning of the 20th century.

Harold Sloan

Personal information
Born	(1882-08-25)25 August 1882 Ireland
Died	21 January 1917(1917-01-21) (aged 34)
Occupation	Football player
Sport
Country	Ireland (1882–1950)
Sport	Association football
Position	Forward
League	Irish Football League Leinster Senior League
Club	Bohemian FC

Sloan represented Bohemians during his career in the Irish League. A forward, he was one of the main stars in the early Bohemian history. He scored the very first goal ever at Dalymount Park in a 4–2 win over Shelbourne on 7 September 1901.[1]

He won 8 full international caps for Ireland and once scored a hat-trick for them against Wales in a 4–4 draw in April 1906.[2][3]

Sloan served as a second lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery in the British Army and was killed in action during World War I on 21 January 1917.[4] He is buried at the Guards Cemetery at Combles.[5]

Honours

• Leinster League
  • Bohemians - 1899/1900, 1900/01, 1901/02
• 8 Full International Caps

References

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