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Nolan Evans
Personal information
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]
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Brynn Central
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 football left back who played in the Football League for Clapton Orient.[1]

Personal life

Evans worked as a miner.[2] He served with the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) during the First World War.[3] He was wounded in the thigh at Delville Wood and nearly lost the leg as a result.[4] He was wounded again in March 1918 and the effects caused his retirement from football.[4]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
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] 34 1 0 0 34 1
Total 63 2 0 0 63 2
Clapton Orient 1914–15[5] Second Division 37 0 1 0 38 0
Career total 100 2 1 0 101 2

References

  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 93. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. ^ a b c "Evans, Nolan - The Grecian Archive". grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  3. ^ "The Footballers' Battalions". www.football-league.co.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b "OUR HER-O'S: Part 4 of Orient's World War I heroes". www.leytonorient.com. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Clapton Orient Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 8 June 2017.


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