Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nolan Edwin Evans [1] | ||
Date of birth | 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Ashton-in-Makerfield, England | ||
Date of death | 1948 (aged 62–63) [1] | ||
Place of death | Ashton-in-Makerfield, England [2] | ||
Height | 5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.71 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
–1909 | Brynn Central | ||
1909–1910 | St Helens Recreation | ||
1910–1912 | Exeter City | 63 | (2) |
1912–1914 | Clapton Orient | 111 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nolan Evans (1885–1948), sometimes known as Peggy Evans, was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Clapton Orient as a left back. [1] [4]
Evans worked as a miner. [2] He served as a sergeant in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War. [5] Evans was wounded in the thigh at Delville Wood and nearly lost the leg as a result. [6] He was wounded again in March 1918 and the effects caused his retirement from football. [6]
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Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Exeter City | 1910–11 [2] | Southern League First Division | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
1911–12 [2] | Southern League First Division | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
Total | 63 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 2 | ||
Clapton Orient | 1914–15 [7] | Second Division | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
Career total | 100 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 2 |