George Slater (born 1864) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke.
Slater played for Hanley United and joined Stoke in 1888. Slater, playing as a forward, made his Stoke and League debut on 6 October 1888 at Deepdale, the home of Preston North End. The visitors were overwhelmed and lost 7âÂÂ0 to the eventual League Champions. Slater scored his debut and League goal on 13 October 1888 at Pike's Lane, the then home of Bolton Wanderers. With ten minutes to go Stoke were trailing 1âÂÂ0 but Slater put Stoke level at 1âÂÂ1 but a late Bolton goal saw Stoke lose 2âÂÂ1.
He left Stoke in October 1888 when he decided to emigrate to the United States where he lived out the rest of his life.