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Harry Low
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Henry Forbes Low (15 August 1882 – 26 September 1920) was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 200 appearances in the Football League for Sunderland as a left half. He also played in the Scottish League for Aberdeen.
Key Information
Club career
[edit]A left half,[3] Low began his senior career with newly-formed Northern League club Aberdeen and was a part of their rise from the Northern League to Scottish League Division One during the early years of the 20th century.[4][5] He made 114 appearances and scored 30 goals during four seasons at Pittodrie and transferred to English First Division club Sunderland for a £400 fee in May 1907.[4] Low played eight seasons for Sunderland, before the suspension of league football in 1915 (following the outbreak of the First World War) ended his competitive career with the club.[4] During his time at Roker Park, Low made 228 appearances, scored 38 goals and was a part of the squad which won the 1912–13 First Division championship and reached the 1913 FA Cup Final.[3][4]
International career
[edit]Low played in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots annual international trial matches in 1909 and 1911 and was called up by Scotland for a friendly match versus Ireland in 1913,[6] but he pulled out of the squad in order to play in a 1912–13 FA Cup semi-final.[7] He was not capped at international level.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Low was the elder brother of footballer Wilf Low and the uncle of Willie Low and Norman Low.[2][8][9] In February 1917, 2+1⁄2 years after the outbreak of the First World War, Low enlisted in the Royal Navy as an able seaman.[9] He served on HMS Dido and was honourably discharged after being wounded.[9] Low became the landlord of a pub in Monkwearmouth in 1919 and died of pneumonia in September 1920.[9] He was married with four children.[9]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Aberdeen | 1903–04[2] | Northern League | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4[b] | 1 | 22 | 6 |
| 1904–05[2] | Scottish Division Two | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4[c] | 3 | 27 | 6 | |
| 1905–06[2] | Scottish Division One | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2[d] | 3 | 31 | 8 | |
| 1906–07[2] | Scottish Division One | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2[e] | 0 | 34 | 9 | |
| Total | 95 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 114 | 29 | ||
| Sunderland | 1907–08[10] | First Division | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
| 1908–09[11] | First Division | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |
| 1909–10[12] | First Division | 24 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 14 | |
| 1910–11[13] | First Division | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7 | |
| 1911–12[14] | First Division | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | |
| 1912–13[15] | First Division | 37 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1[f] | 0 | 47 | 4 | |
| 1913–14[16] | First Division | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
| 1914–15[17] | First Division | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[f] | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Total | 202 | 33 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 229 | 36 | ||
| Career total | 297 | 52 | 32 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 343 | 65 | ||
- ^ Includes Scottish Cup, FA Cup
- ^ 3 appearances and 1 goal in Scottish Qualifying Cup, 1 appearance in Aberdeenshire Cup
- ^ 3 appearances and 3 goals in Scottish Qualifying Cup, 1 appearance in Fleming Charity Shield
- ^ 1 appearance and 3 goals in Fleming Charity Shield, 1 appearance in High Cup
- ^ 1 appearance in Fleming Charity Shield, 1 appearance in High Cup
- ^ a b Appearance in Newcastle & Sunderland Hospitals Cup
Honours
[edit]Aberdeen
- Aberdeenshire Cup: 1903–04[2]
- Fleming Charity Cup: 1905–06, 1906–07[2]
Sunderland
- Football League First Division: 1912–13[15]
- Newcastle & Sunderland Hospitals Cup: 1912–13, 1914–15[15][17]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 178. ISBN 9781905891610. OCLC 841581272.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Henry Low". Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Harry Low". Sunderland Association Football Club. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Low Harry Sunderland 1911". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ Aberdeen F.C. at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ a b Mason, Rob (30 August 2017). "Club before country: how Sunderland's Harry Low sacrificed a cap to play in a Tyne-Wear derby". nechronicle. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ The reference states they were half-brothers, but Willie was the son of William, a much older brother of Wilf and Harry – whose own father was also named William.
- ^ a b c d e "The Sunderland players who served in WWI". www.sunderlandecho.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ "1907–08 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ "1908–09 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ "1909–10 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ "1910–11 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ "1911–12 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "1912–13 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ "1913–14 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ a b "1914–15 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
External links
[edit]- Harry Low at safc.com