Donald Gow
Scottish footballer
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Donald Robertson Gow (8 February 1868 – 11 October 1945[3]) was a Scottish footballer who played for Rangers, Sunderland and the Scotland national team as a full back.
.png) With Sunderland in 1894 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Donald Robertson Gow[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 February 1868[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Blair Atholl, Scotland[1] | ||
| Date of death | 11 October 1945 (aged 77) | ||
| Position | 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 | ||
| International career | |||
| 1888 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
| 1892[2] | Football League XI | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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,[4][5] Gow made his debut for Sunderland against Bolton Wanderers on 19 September 1891 in a 4–3 defeat at Pike's Lane.[6] He won the English Football League Championship in 1892 and 1895.[7] 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.[8]
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.[9][10] 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[11] but unlike Doig, did not make the full Scotland team again.[5]