Full name Wilfrid Low Years Team Role Footballer | Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland Name Wilf Low | |
Date of birth (1884-12-08)8 December 1884 Date of death 30 April 1933(1933-04-30) (aged 48) Place of death Newcastle upon Tyne, England Died April 30, 1933, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom | ||
Wilfrid "Wilf" Lawson Low (8 December 1884 in Aberdeen – 30 April 1933 in Newcastle) was a footballer who played as a centre-half for Aberdeen and Newcastle United.
Low was nicknamed the "Laughing Cavalier", although opposition forwards may have disagreed with this as he was a typical hard defender of that time. He played 366 games for Newcastle scoring 8 goals. He also played for the Scotland national team, winning 5 caps between 1911 and 1920.
Low remained with Newcastle after his playing retirement, firstly as a coach for the Swifts junior side, then latterly as the club's groundsman. He was killed in 1933 when a car knocked him over.
His brother, Harold, and son, Norman were also professional footballers.
Honours
Newcastle United
References
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