- Joe Slater
Infobox afl player | firstname = Joe
lastname = Slater
birthdate = 29 November 1888
birthplace =
originalteam = United Methodists
heightweight = 179 cm / 86 kg
dead =
deathdate = Death date and age|1917|5|3|1888|11|29|df=y
deathplace =Bullecourt ,France
debutdate = 1906
debutteam = Geelong
debutopponent =
debutstadium =
playingteams = Geelong (1906-14)
* 108 games, 17 goals
coach =
coachingteams =
statsend = 1914
careerhighlights =Joe Slater (29 November 1888 — 3 May 1917) was an
Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the VFL.Slater usually played as a defender, with stints in the midfield and up forward but was named as a half back flanker in Geelong's official 'Team of the Century'. Good overhead, Slater twice represented Victoria at interstate football. He left football at the outbreak of
World War One in order to enlist and lost his life during the conflict inFrance .ee also
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VFL/AFL players who died in active service References
* Main, J. & Allen, D., "Slater, Joe", pp.175-178 in Main, J. & Allen, D., "Fallen — The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War", Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. ISBN 1-740-95010-0
External links
* [http://www.awm.gov.au/roh/person.asp?p=145-50795 Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Joseph Henry Slater]
* [http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/J/Joe_Slater.html AFL Statistics: Joe Slater]
* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/sh-sm.htm#Joe%20Slater%20(Geelong) Full Points Footy Biography: Joe Slater]
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