Nolan Evans

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]
Playing position 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 fought with the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) (more popularly known as the 1st Football Battalion) during the First World War.[3] He was wounded at Delville Wood and nearly lost a leg as a result.[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. 1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 93. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 3 "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. ↑ Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, John; Holmes, Richard (20 November 2008). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War (1st ed.). Sparkford: Haynes Publishing. p. 146. ISBN 9781844256563.
  5. ↑ "Clapton Orient Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 8 June 2017.


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