Peter Dowds
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Dowds[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1871[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Johnstone, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1895 (aged 23–24)[2] | ||
| Playing position | 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) | |
| National team | |||
| 1892 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Peter Dowds (1871 – 2 September 1895) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa and Stoke.[1][2]
Career
Dowds was born in Johnstone and joined Celtic in 1889. He began 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.[3] He moved to left-half for the 1891–92 campaign as Celtic finished in 2nd place again behind Dumbarton.[3]
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.[4]
Career statistics
- Sourced from Peter Dowds profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Glasgow Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Celtic | 1889–90[3] | — | — | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
| 1890–91[3] | Scottish Football League | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 21 | |
| 1891–92[3] | 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[3] | Scottish Division One | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Career Total | 77 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 105 | 28 | ||
References
- 1 2 3 4 (Matthews 1994)
- 1 2 3 (Smith 2013, p. 75)
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Dowds, Peter". Fitbastats. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ↑ "Celtic Graves Society event to remember Peter Dowds". Celtic F.C. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- 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.
