Nolan Evans

Nolan Evans
Personal information
Full name Nolan Edwin Evans
Date of birth 1885
Place of birth Ashton-in-Makerfield, England
Date of death 1948 (aged 62–63)
Place of death Ashton-in-Makerfield, England
Height 5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.71 m)
Position 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.

Personal life

Evans worked as a miner. He served as a sergeant in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War. Evans was wounded in the thigh at Delville Wood and nearly lost the leg as a result. He was wounded again in March 1918 and the effects caused his retirement from football.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Exeter City 1910–11 Southern League First Division 29 1 0 0 29 1
1911–12 Southern League First Division 34 1 0 0 34 1
Total 63 2 0 0 63 2
Clapton Orient 1914–15 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 978-1905891610.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Evans, Nolan". The Grecian Archive. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Clapton Orient". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Evans Nolan Clapton Orient 1913". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Nolan Edwin Evans | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Our Her-O's: Part 4 of Orient's World War I heroes". www.leytonorient.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "Clapton Orient Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 8 June 2017.