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Scottish footballer

Peter Dowds
Portrait of Dowds in 1892
Personal information
Full name Peter Dowds
Date of birth 24 August 1871
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.

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. He moved to left-half for the 1891–92 campaign as Celtic finished in 2nd place, again behind Dumbarton, and won the Scottish Cup.

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. He then moved on to Stoke where he spent the 1893–94 season playing 19 times as Stoke ended in up in 11th place. 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.

Career statistics

Club

Source:

Club Season League FA Cup Glasgow Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Celtic 1889–90 — — 2 0 3 2 5 2
1890–91 Scottish Football League 18 15 7 2 5 4 30 21
1891–92 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 Scottish Division One 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
Career Total 77 19 16 3 12 6 105 28

International

Source:

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

References

  1. ^ (Matthews 1994)
  2. ^ (Smith 2013, p. 75)
  3. ^ "Celtic Graves Society event to remember Peter Dowds". Celtic F.C. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  4. ^ "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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