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Full name
  
Peter Dowds

Playing position
  
Left half

Date of birth
  
1871

Years
  
Team

Name
  
Peter Dowds

Date of death
  
1895 (aged 23–24)



Place of birth
  
Johnstone, Scotland

Peter Dowds (1871 – 2 September 1895) was a Scottish footballer, who played in the Football League for Aston Villa and Stoke.

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

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

  • Sourced from Peter Dowds profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  • References

    Peter Dowds Wikipedia


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