Education
A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Slingluff attended the United States Naval Academy where he played college football as a center for the Navy Midshipmen football team
A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Slingluff attended the United States Naval Academy where he played college football as a center for the Navy Midshipmen football team
He was selected as a first-team All-American in 1907 by the New York Tribune. He was a destroyer commander in World War I, including stints as commander of the United States Ship Tucker and United States Ship Lamberton. After retiring in 1937, Slingluff returned to active duty during World World War II and served as an intelligence officer at the Caribbean Sea Frontier headquarters in Miami, Florida.
He died in 1947 at age 60 at Garfield Hospital in Washington, District of Columbia, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.