Donald Gow
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Donald Robertson Gow[1] | ||
Date of birth | 8 February 1868[1] | ||
Place of birth | Blair Atholl, Scotland[1] | ||
Date of death | 1945 (aged 76–77)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Full-back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1884–1885 | Cessnock Bank | ||
1885–1891 | Rangers | 16 | (1) |
1891–1892 | Sunderland | 16 | (0) |
1892–1893 | Rangers | 10 | (0) |
1893–1897 | Sunderland | 82 | (1) |
1897 | New Brighton Tower | ||
1898 | Millwall Athletic | ||
1899 | Girvan | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Donald Robertson Gow (8 February 1868 – 1945) was a Scottish footballer who played for Rangers, Sunderland and the Scottish national football team as a full back.
Club career
Previously playing for Rangers where he claimed a Scottish Football League winner's medal from his first spell at Rangers in the competition's first edition of 1890–91,[2][3] Gow made his debut for Sunderland against Bolton Wanderers on 19 September 1891 in a 4–3 defeat at Pike's Lane.[4] He won the English Football League Championship in 1892 and 1895.[5] He played for Sunderland on two separate occasions, between 1891 and 1892 then 1893 and 1897 with a year back at Rangers in the interim, in total making 98 league appearances scoring one goal at his time at the club.[6]
International career
While a Rangers player, Gow made his debut and only appearance for Scotland against England on 17 March 1888 in a 5–0 defeat at Hampden Park. Gow captained the Scottish side in this game.[7][8] It is likely he would have gained more caps while with Sunderland had the Scottish Football Association not operated a policy of selecting only home-based players until 1896 (a situation which also affected Sunderland teammate Ned Doig among many others). After this was relaxed, Gow played in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots trial match of 1897[9] but unlike Doig, did not make the full Scotland team again.[3]
Personal life
His brother John was also a Scottish international.[10]
See also
References
- Donald Gow's careers stats at The Stat Cat
- ^ a b c d Donald Gow at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ (Rangers player) Gow, Donald, FitbaStats
- ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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(help) - ^ "Bolton 4-3 Sunderland". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
- ^ "Donald Gow". A Love Supreme. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
- ^ "Donald Gow". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
- ^ "Sat 17 Mar 1888 Scotland 0 England 5". London Hearts. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
- ^ "Donald Gow". London Hearts. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
- ^ Football. | Anglo-Scots v. Home-Scots, The Scotsman, 23 March 1897, via London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 107.