Joe Slater

Joseph Henry Slater (29 Nuwamba 1888 - 3 Mayu 1917) ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na Australiya wanda ya buga wasa tare da Geelong a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Victorian.

 Iyali 
Ɗan mai hannun jari Henry Slater (1837–1906),  da Diana Slater (1854–1936), wanda aka haifa a Reynolds, Joseph Henry Slater an haife shi a Ballarat, Victoria, a ranar 29 ga Nuwamba 1888.  An yi masa alkawari da Nellie Jean Wigley (1885–1943);     ba ta taɓa yin aure ba, kuma ta mutu a Elsternwick, Victoria, a ranar 22 ga Afrilu 1943. 

 Ilimi 
Ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Geelong, inda ya kasance fitaccen ɗan wasan kurket, ɗan wasa, da kuma ɗan ƙwallon ƙafa. 

 Kwallon kafa 
Ba ya shan taba kuma ba ya shan giya, kuma ƙwararren ɗan gudu ne,   Slater yawanci yana wasa a matsayin mai tsaron baya, tare da yin ƙwazo a tsakiya da kuma gaba.  Slater, ɗan wasa mai ƙwarewa a fannin wasanni, ya buga ƙwallo 101 ga Geelong 'B' a wasan da suka yi da Kardinia a wasan First Eleven a kakar wasa ta GCA ta 1909/10.

An nada shi a matsayin ɗan wasan gefe na tsakiya a cikin ƙungiyar ƙarni ta Geelong. Slater, mai kyau, ya wakilci Victoria sau biyu a ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasa da ƙasa.

A ranar 15 ga Yuni 1912, Slater ya buga ƙwallon da aka zura a bugun drop kick a filin wasan Punt Road na Richmond daga tsakiya; an auna ta a yadi 85 (kimanin mita 77.5). 

Saboda alkawuran aiki a Melbourne a shekarar 1913, Slater ya yi niyyar buga wasa da Jami'ar ƙungiyar VFL; duk da haka, ya buga wasanni da dama tare da Hawthorn a Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Metropolitan Amateur (MAFA).  ; kuma, lokacin da yake wasa da Collingwood District a ranar 3 ga Mayu 1913, ya cire ƙashin wuyansa, kuma ya ƙi barin ƙasa don kada ƙungiyarsa ta zama mutum ɗaya.[1] Daga ƙarshe Slater ya koma Geelong a wannan shekarar. Tsohon Zakaran League na ƙarshen ƙarni na 19 da farkon ƙarni na 20 Peter Burns ya rubuta game da Slater a 1940:

 Manazarta 
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 1-74095-010-0