Harold Sly

Harold Sly
Personal information
Date of birth	26 February 1904
Place of birth	Appley Bridge, England
Date of death	1996 (aged 91–92)
Place of death	Hove, England
Position(s)	Full back, half back, inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
19??–1922	Rover Motor Company
1922–192?	Birmingham
192?–1927	Tamworth Castle
1927–1929	Gillingham
1929–1933	Brighton & Hove Albion
1933–19??	FC Sète
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harold Sly (26 February 1904 – 1996) was an English professional footballer of the 1920s and 1930s.

Born in Appley Bridge, he played football for the Rover Company's team before joining Birmingham, however he never started a match for the club in the English Football League, and dropped back into the amateur game with Tamworth Castle.^[1] In 1927 he joined Gillingham of the Football League Third Division South, where he spent two seasons but never secured a regular place in the club's first team.^[2] He then moved to Brighton & Hove Albion, before joining French club FC Sète.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939. Soccerdata. p. 240. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
^ Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Soccerdata. pp. 41–42. ISBN 1-899468-20-X.

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[MJ-1] Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939. Soccerdata. p. 240. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.

[2] Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Soccerdata. pp. 41–42. ISBN 1-899468-20-X.

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