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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]
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)
0000–1909 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]

Personal life

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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]

Career statistics

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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[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

References

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  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 93. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b "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.


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