Peter Logan (24 July 1877 – 9 December 1957) was a Scottish

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. Born in

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, Logan started his career with

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

before moving to

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in 1898. He spent a single season there before moving to Woolwich Arsenal in May 1899. He was an immediate first-team regular at

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, displacing Jack Aston and playing 23 league games; his debut came in a First Division game against

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on 2 September 1899. Logan left Arsenal in the summer of 1900 to join

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of the Southern League but returned to Woolwich Arsenal a year later. His second spell at Arsenal was shorter and less successful; he only played five league games before losing his place to Bill Gooing. He left Arsenal for

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in November 1901; in total he made 29 appearances for Arsenal, scoring 7 goals.

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Footballers from Glasgow Scottish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Motherwell F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Arsenal F.C. players Reading F.C. players Brentford F.C. players 1877 births 1957 deaths English Football League players Scottish Football League players {{Scotland-footy-forward-1870s-stub