Donald Gow

Donald Gow
With Sunderland in 1894
Personal information
Full name Donald Robertson Gow[1]
Date of birth 8 February 1868[1]
Place of birth Blair Atholl, Scotland[1]
Date of death 1945 (aged 76–77)[1]
Position(s) Full-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1884–1885 Cessnock Bank
1885–1891 Rangers 16 (1)
1891–1892 Sunderland 16 (0)
1892–1893 Rangers 10 (0)
1893–1897 Sunderland 82 (1)
1897 New Brighton Tower
1898 Millwall Athletic
1899 Girvan
International career
1888 Scotland 1 (0)
1892[2] Football League XI 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Donald Robertson Gow (8 February 1868 – 1945) was a Scottish footballer who played for Rangers, Sunderland and the Scotland national team as a full back.

Club career

Previously playing for Rangers where he claimed a Scottish Football League winner's medal from his first spell at Rangers in the competition's first edition of 1890–91,[3][4] Gow made his debut for Sunderland against Bolton Wanderers on 19 September 1891 in a 4–3 defeat at Pike's Lane.[5] He won the English Football League Championship in 1892 and 1895.[6] He played for Sunderland on two separate occasions, between 1891 and 1892 then 1893 and 1897 with a year back at Rangers in the interim, in total making 98 league appearances scoring one goal at his time at the club.[7]

International career

While a Rangers player, Gow made his debut and only appearance for Scotland against England on 17 March 1888 in a 5–0 defeat at Hampden Park. Gow captained the Scottish side in this game.[8][9] It is likely he would have gained more caps while with Sunderland had the Scottish Football Association not operated a policy of selecting only home-based players until 1896 (a situation which also affected Sunderland teammate Ned Doig among many others). After this was relaxed, Gow played in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots trial match of 1897[10] but unlike Doig, did not make the full Scotland team again.[4]

Personal life

His brother John was also a Scottish international.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Donald Gow at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. ^ The Football League vs The Scottish League - 1890s, Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937, 5 April 2014
  3. ^ (Rangers player) Gow, Donald, FitbaStats
  4. ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
  5. ^ "Bolton 4-3 Sunderland". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
  6. ^ "Donald Gow". A Love Supreme. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
  7. ^ "Donald Gow". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
  8. ^ "Sat 17 Mar 1888 Scotland 0 England 5". London Hearts. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
  9. ^ "Donald Gow". London Hearts. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
  10. ^ Football. | Anglo-Scots v. Home-Scots, The Scotsman, 23 March 1897, via London Hearts Supporters Club
  11. ^ Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 107.