Edward Scanlon

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{for|the Australian cricketer|Ted Scanlan (cricketer)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Edward Scanlon

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1890|5|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hebburn, County Durham, England

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| position = Inside forward / left half

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| years1 = – | clubs1 = Wallsend

| years2 = – | clubs2 = North Shields Athletic

| years3 = – | clubs3 = Jarrow

| years4 = 1909–1911 | clubs4 = Lincoln City | caps4 = 29 | goals4 = 3

| years5 = – | clubs5 = South Shields

| years6 = – | clubs6 = Jarrow

| years7 = 1913–1914 | clubs7 = Swindon Town | caps7 = 9 | goals7 = 2

| years8 = – | clubs8 = Hamilton Academical | caps8 = | goals8 =

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Edward A. Scanlon (14 May 1890 – after 1914), also known as Ted Scanlan,{{efn|The Lincoln City FC Archive{{cite web |url=http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=scan01 |title=Edward Scanlon |work=The Lincoln City FC Archive |publisher=Lincoln City F.C |accessdate=19 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221518/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=scan01 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }} and Joyce's Football League Players' Records spell the surname Scanlon,{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |page=232 |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}} but the spelling Scanlan is listed at Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk.{{cite web |url=http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=SCANLANE |title=Player profile: Ted Scanlan |publisher=Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk |accessdate=19 April 2013}}}} was an English footballer who made 29 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City. He played as an inside forward or left half. He also played non-league football in his native north east of England for Wallsend, North Shields Athletic, Jarrow and South Shields, and later played in the Southern League for Swindon Town and in Scotland for Hamilton Academical.