Harry Dowd
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2014}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Harry Dowd
| image =
| fullname = Henry William Dowd
| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|7|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Salford, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|4|7|1938|7|4|df=y}}
| position = Goalkeeper
| years1 = 1961–1970 |clubs1 = Manchester City |caps1 = 181 |goals1 = 1
| years2 = 1969–1970 |clubs2 = → Stoke City (loan) |caps2 = 3 |goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1970–1974 |clubs3 = Oldham Athletic |caps3 = 121 |goals3 = 0
| years4 = – |clubs4 = Northwich Victoria |caps4 = |goals4 =
| totalcaps = 305 | totalgoals = 0
}}
Henry William Dowd (4 July 1938 – 7 April 2015) was an English football goalkeeper who played for Manchester City, Stoke City and Oldham Athletic.
Career
At the start of his career Dowd combined amateur football playing for ICI Blackley with a job as a plumber. On 10 January 1958 he signed for Manchester City as an amateur, and turned professional two years later. In December 1961 he made his debut in a 4–1 defeat to Blackburn Rovers, deputising for the injured Bert Trautmann. In the 1961–62 season he established himself as first choice goalkeeper, making 34 appearances. In February 1964, Dowd broke his fingerMost sources state the injury as a broken finger, but some (such as Clayton) say it was a shoulder injury in a game against Bury. Unable to continue playing in goal, he moved to centre-forward, where he scored the equalising goal.
During Manchester City's championship winning 1967–68 season, Dowd lost his first team place through injury to Ken Mulhearn, and made only seven first team appearances therefore missing out on a League Championship Medal under the rules then in place. He regained his place the following season, and played on the winning side in the 1969 FA Cup final, where Manchester City beat Leicester City 1–0.
In the 1969–70 season, Dowd lost his first team place again, this time to Joe Corrigan and so the spent two months on loan at Stoke City being used as cover for Gordon Banks, making three appearances for the "Potters". His final Manchester City appearance was against Sheffield Wednesday in the final match of 1969–70, and in December 1970 he was transferred to Oldham Athletic, where he played 111 times. Dowd died on 7 April 2015 at the age of 76.{{cite web|title=Man City team-mates pay tribute to legend Harry Dowd after he passes away|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-city-team-mates-pay-tribute-8995175|website=MEN|date=7 April 2015 |accessdate=7 April 2015}}
Career statistics
Source:{{ENFA}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !rowspan="2"|Division !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="10"|Manchester City
|2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1962–63
|First Division |27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 1963–64
|32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| 1964–65
|Second Division |21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 1965–66
|Second Division |38 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| 1966–67
|First Division |25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 1967–68
|First Division |7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1968–69
|First Division |27 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 1969–70
|First Division |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| colspan="2"|Total
!181 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 219 | 1 |
| rowspan="2"|Stoke City (loan)
|First Division |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| colspan="2"|Total
!3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| rowspan="5"|Oldham Athletic
|24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 1971–72
|40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| 1972–73
|Third Division |37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 1973–74
|Third Division |20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| colspan="2"|Total
!121 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 131 | 0 |
| colspan="3"|Career Total
!305 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 353 | 1 |
Honours
Manchester City
- Football League First Division: 1967–68
- Football League Second Division: 1965–66
- FA Cup: 1968–69{{cite book |first1=Leslie |first2=Jack |last1=Vernon |last2=Rollin |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78 |year=1977 |publisher=Brickfield Publications Ltd |location=London |isbn=0354 09018 6 |page=491}}
References
; Specific
{{reflist}}
; General
- {{cite book |last=James |first=Gary |title=Manchester City - The Complete Record |publisher=Breedon |location=Derby |year=2006 |isbn=1-85983-512-0}}
- {{cite book |last=Clayton |first=David |title=Everything under the blue moon: the complete book of Manchester City FC - and more! |publisher=Mainstream publishing |location=Edinburgh |year=2002 |isbn=1-84018-687-9}}
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Category:Manchester City F.C. players
Category:Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
Category:Stoke City F.C. players
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Salford
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:English Football League players