Peter Dowds (24 August 1871 – 2 September 1895) was a Scottish

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, who played in

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for

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and

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Career

Dowds (name spelled Douds in some documentation) was born in

Johnstone Johnstone ( sco, Johnstoun,
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and joined

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in 1889. He began his career as a

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and scored 21 goals in 1890–91 as Celtic finished the inaugural Scottish League season in 3rd place behind Dumbarton and

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

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Aston Villa Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park ...

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

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

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and died on 2 September 1895 at the age of just 24.

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London Hearts profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dowds, Peter 1871 births 1895 deaths Footballers from Johnstone Men's association football wing halves Scottish men's footballers Scotland men's international footballers Stoke City F.C. players Celtic F.C. players Aston Villa F.C. players English Football League players Place of death missing Scottish Football League players 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Scotland