Peter Dowds
![]() Portrait of Dowds in 1892 | |||
Personal information | |||
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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 | |||||
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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 |
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Scotland | 1892 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
References
- ^ a b c d (Matthews 1994)
- ^ a b (Smith 2013, p. 75)
- ^ a b c "Celtic Graves Society event to remember Peter Dowds". Celtic F.C. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f "Dowds, Peter". Fitbastats. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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(help) - ^ Peter Dowds at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ Dowds, Peter at National-Football-Teams.com
- Sources
- Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
- Smith, Paul (2013). Scotland Who's Who. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781909178847.
External links
- Peter Dowds at the Scottish Football Association
- London Hearts profile