Peter Dowds

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]

Peter Dowds
Portrait of Dowds in 1892
Personal information
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)
National team
1892 Scotland 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Celtic 1889–90[4] — —203252
1890–91[4] Scottish Football League 181572543021
1891–92[4] Scottish Football League 1915140282
Total 37161431166225
Aston Villa 1892–93 First Division 20300—203
Stoke 1893–94 First Division 17020—190
Celtic 1894–95[4] Scottish Division One 30001040
Career Total 771916312610528

International

Source:[7]

National teamYearAppsGoals
Scotland 189210
Total10

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 requires |journal= (help)
  6. Peter Dowds at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  7. Dowds, Peter at National-Football-Teams.com
Sources
  • Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Smith, Paul (2013). Scotland Who's Who. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781909178847.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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