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	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)
International career
1892	Scotland	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Glasgow Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Celtic	1889–90[4]	—	—		2	0	3	2	5	2
	1890–91[4]	Scottish Football League	18	15	7	2	5	4	30	21
	1891–92[4]	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[4]	Scottish Division One	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
Career Total			77	19	16	3	12	6	105	28

International

Source:^[7]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Scotland	1892	1	0
Total		1	0