Arthur Slater (footballer, born 1890)

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{About|the Australian rules footballer born in 1890|the English footballer|Arthur Slater|the Essendon and North Melbourne footballer, born Arthur Slater|Syd Slater}}

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Arthur Slater

| image =

| fullname = Arthur Claud Slater

| birth_date = {{birth date|1890|08|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Williamstown, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1972|11|19|1890|08|17|df=y}}

| death_place = Hawthorn, Victoria

| originalteam = Hawthorn Juniors

| height = 179 cm | weight = 80 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1911

| repstatsend =

| years1 = 1910

| club1 = {{AFL Ess}}

| games_goals1 = 1 (0)

| years2 = 1911

| club2 = {{AFL Mel}}

| games_goals2 = 0 (0)

| games_goalstotal = 1 (0)

| careerhighlights =

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Arthur Claud Slater (17 August 1890 – 19 November 1972) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club.{{cite web|url=http://www.essendonfc.com.au/our-club/history/past-player-profiles/past-player-profiles---s |title=Past Player Profiles – S |website=EssendonFC.com.au |publisher=Bigpond |access-date=6 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706141857/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/our-club/history/past-player-profiles/past-player-profiles---s |archive-date=6 July 2015 }} He was also listed with the Melbourne Football Club, but never played a game.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10906572|title=THURSDAY, June 1, 1911. |newspaper=The Argus|location=Melbourne|date=1 June 1911|access-date=6 June 2015|page=5}}

Born in Williamstown, Victoria, he was a clerk for the British Imperial Oil company, later to become Shell Oil Company, before joining the AIF in March 1915. He served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front, was wounded, promoted through the ranks and ended the war as a lieutenant.National Archives of Australia, Service Record, Lieutenant Arthur C. Slater. Series Number B2455. [http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/search/index.aspx] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906151919/http://naa.gov.au/collection/search/index.aspx |date=6 September 2018 }} Accessed 24 January 2016 He rejoined Shell and by the 1930s he was the company's Australian Operations Manager.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33248987|title=Shell Company's Affairs: Evidence to the Commission|newspaper=The West Australian|location=Perth|date=29 May 1934|access-date=24 January 2016|page=2}}

He was the father of Professor "Harry" Henry Welton Slater [https://www.scotch.vic.edu.au/greatscot/2010decGS/78a.htm Great Scot Obituaries, Scotch College, December 2010] Accessed 24 January 2016 and Melbourne architect Phyllis Slater.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206225508|title=Graduate Plans Her Own Home|newspaper=The Age|location=Melbourne|date=1 May 1950|access-date=24 January 2016|page=4}}