Peter Dowds

Peter Dowds
Portrait of Dowds in 1892
Personal information
Full name Peter Dowds[1]
Date of birth 24 August 1871[2][3]
Place of birth Johnstone, Scotland
Date of death 2 September 1895(1895-09-02) (aged 24)
Place of death Johnstone, Scotland
Position(s) Left half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1889–1892 Celtic 37 (16)
1892–1893 Aston Villa 20 (3)
1893–1894 Stoke 17 (0)
1894–1895 Celtic 3 (0)
Total 77 (19)
International career
1892 Scotland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Dowds (24 August 1871 – 2 September 1895) was a Scottish footballer, who played in the Football League for Aston Villa and Stoke.[1][2]

Career

Dowds (name spelled Douds in some documentation) was born in Johnstone and joined Celtic in 1889. He began his career as a forward and scored 21 goals in 1890–91 as Celtic finished the inaugural Scottish League season in 3rd place behind Dumbarton and Rangers.[4] He moved to left-half for the 1891–92 campaign as Celtic finished in 2nd place, again behind Dumbarton,[4] and won the Scottish Cup.[3][5]

He was tempted to move into English football with Aston Villa in the summer of 1892 and he played 20 times in 1892–93 scoring three goals as Villa finished fourth.[1] He then moved on to Stoke where he spent the 1893–94 season playing 19 times as Stoke ended in up in 11th place.[1] He made a return to Celtic for the 1894–95 campaign however he fell ill with tuberculosis and died on 2 September 1895 at the age of just 24.[3]

Career statistics

Club

Source:[6]

Club Season League FA Cup Glasgow Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Celtic 1889–90[4] — — 2 0 3 2 5 2
1890–91[4] Scottish Football League 18 15 7 2 5 4 30 21
1891–92[4] Scottish Football League 19 1 5 1 4 0 28 2
Total 37 16 14 3 11 6 62 25
Aston Villa 1892–93 First Division 20 3 0 0 — 20 3
Stoke 1893–94 First Division 17 0 2 0 — 19 0
Celtic 1894–95[4] Scottish Division One 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
Career Total 77 19 16 3 12 6 105 28

International

Source:[7]

National team Year Apps Goals
Scotland 1892 1 0
Total 1 0

References

  1. ^ a b c d (Matthews 1994)
  2. ^ a b (Smith 2013, p. 75)
  3. ^ a b c "Celtic Graves Society event to remember Peter Dowds". Celtic F.C. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Dowds, Peter". Fitbastats. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  5. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ Peter Dowds at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  7. ^ Dowds, Peter at National-Football-Teams.com
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