Tod Sloan (other)
Tod Sloan is the name of: * Tod Sloan (jockey) (1874–1933), American thoroughbred horse racing jockey * Tod Sloan (baseball) (1890–1956), American baseball player for the St. Louis Browns *Tod Sloan (ice hockey) Aloysius Martin "Tod" Sloan (November 30, 1927 – July 12, 2017) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks. He was a member of three Stanley Cu ...

Tod Sloan (jockey)
James Forman "Tod" Sloan (August 10, 1874 - December 21, 1933) was an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He was elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1955. Early life and US racing career Sloan was born in Bunker Hill, Indiana, near Kokomo, the son of a Union Army soldier. He was a tiny and frail child, and after his mother died when he was five, his father sent him to live with a nearby family. He was still a young boy when he struck out on his own, taking jobs in the nearby gas and oil fields. For a time he ended up working at a horse racing stable in St. Louis, but later in Kansas City was employed by a thoroughbred horse trainer who encouraged him to take advantage of his diminutive stature and become a jockey. By 1886, Sloan was working at Latonia Race Track in Covington, Kentucky, where trainer Sam Hildreth gave him the opportunity to ride one of his horses. Sloan's performance was not impressive, and his horse finished in the back of the p ...
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Tod Sloan (baseball)
Yale Yeastman "Tod" Sloan (December 24, 1890 – September 12, 1956) was an outfielder for the St. Louis Browns in parts of three seasons (1913, 1917 and 1919). Sloan played in 143 games and had 402 At Bats, 43 Runs, 94 Hits, 8 Doubles, 5 Triples, 2 Home Runs, 33 RBI, 9 Stolen Bases, 41 Walks, .234 Batting Average, .319 On-base percentage, .294 Slugging Percentage, 118 Total Bases and 7 Sacrifice Hits. Sloan died in Akron, Ohio Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County, Ohio, Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about south of downtown Cleveland. As of the 2020 C ..., at the age of 65. Sources 1890 births 1956 deaths St. Louis Browns players Major League Baseball right fielders Baseball players from Tennessee Montgomery Rebels players Nashville Vols players Birmingham Barons players Rochester Hustlers players Columbus Senators players Chattanooga Lookouts ...
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