Peter Dowds

Peter Dowds
Personal information
Full name Peter Dowds[1]
Date of birth 1871[2]
Place of birth Johnstone, Scotland
Date of death 1895 (aged 2324)[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

Club Season League FA Cup Glasgow Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Celtic 1889–90[3] 203252
1890–91[3] Scottish Football League 181572543021
1891–92[3] Scottish Football League 1915140282
Total 37161431166225
Aston Villa 1892–93 First Division 20300203
Stoke 1893–94 First Division 17020190
Celtic 1894–95[3] Scottish Division One 30001040
Career Total 771916312610528

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 (Matthews 1994)
  2. 1 2 3 (Smith 2013, p. 75)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Dowds, Peter". Fitbastats. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  4. "Celtic Graves Society event to remember Peter Dowds". Celtic F.C. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
Sources
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