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Doug Rowe (footballer)

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Doug Rowe
Personal information
Full name Douglas Heath Rowe
Date of birth (1909-07-09)9 July 1909
Place of birth Nottingham, England
Date of death 6 May 1978(1978-05-06) (aged 68)
Place of death Grimsby, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Outside left
Youth career
Sneinton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1932–1933 Luton Town 23 (8)
1933–1934 Lincoln City 11 (5)
1934 Southampton 2 (1)
1934–1935 US Tourcoing
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Douglas Heath Rowe (6 July 1909 – 6 May 1978)[1] was an English professional footballer who played as an outside forward for Luton Town, Lincoln City and Southampton in the 1930s.

Football career

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Rowe was born in Nottingham and played his early football with the local Sneinton village side before joining Luton Town in March 1932. After a season with Luton in the Football League Third Division South, in which he made 23 appearances with eight goals, Rowe moved to Lincoln City of the Second Division.[2]

After a year with the "Imps", when he was used as understudy to Jack Wilkinson, Rowe had made eleven appearances at outside left scoring five goals.[1]

In August 1934, he moved to the south coast to join Southampton. He played in two of the first three matches of the season, scoring in his second match, a 2–2 draw with Oldham Athletic, before he lost his place to Laurie Fishlock.[3] Before long, Rowe requested a transfer and he moved to France to join US Tourcoing.[4]

His time in France was brief, and by the following summer he had returned to England.[4]

Family and career outside football

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His brother, Bernard was a wrestler, who competed in the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal at the 1934 Empire Games.[4]

Doug himself was a top-class wrestler, winning the England Amateur Welterweight Championship, and also won prizes as a weight-lifter.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Douglas Rowe". The Lincoln City Archive. www.redimps.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  2. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 228. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  3. ^ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. p. 93. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
  4. ^ a b c d Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 292. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
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