Neil Dougall
{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Neil Dougall
| image = Neil Dougall.jpg
| image_size = 225
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| fullname = Cornelius Dougall
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1921|11|7}}
| birth_place = Falkirk, Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2009|12|1|1921|11|7}}
| death_place = Plymouth, England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}{{cite web |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/players/cornelius(neil)dougall.html |title=Neil Dougall |work=Scotland the Complete Record 1872 to 2005 |publisher=London Hearts Supporters Club |access-date=4 June 2019}}
| position = Inside right / Wing half
| youthyears1 = 1936–1940 | youthclubs1 = Burnley
| years1 = 1940–1945 | clubs1 = Burnley | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1945–1949 | clubs2 = Birmingham City | caps2 = 93 | goals2 = 15
| years3 = 1949–1959 | clubs3 = Plymouth Argyle | caps3 = 275 | goals3 = 26
| totalcaps = 368
| totalgoals = 41
| nationalyears1 = 1946 | nationalteam1 = Scotland (wartime) | nationalcaps1 = 1 |nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1946 | nationalteam2 = Scotland (unofficial) | nationalcaps2= 1 |nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1946 | nationalteam3 = Scotland | nationalcaps3= 1 |nationalgoals3 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1961 | managerclubs1 = Plymouth Argyle
}}
Cornelius Dougall (7 November 1921 – 1 December 2009) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside right or wing half. He played more than 350 games in the Football League for Birmingham City and Plymouth Argyle, and won one cap for Scotland in 1946.
Life and career
Dougall was born in Falkirk, Scotland. He began his football career as a schoolboy inside right at Burnley in 1936. He turned professional in 1940.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/neil-dougall-versatile-and-creative-scottish-international-footballer-1838803.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/neil-dougall-versatile-and-creative-scottish-international-footballer-1838803.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Neil Dougall: Versatile and creative Scottish international footballer |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |date=12 December 2009 |access-date=30 November 2021}} After the Second World War he moved to Birmingham City for a fee of £2,750. He helped the club win that season's Football League South war league championship and the Second Division title two years later. While a Birmingham player, he won one full cap for Scotland, against Wales in October 1946.{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=113145 |title=Neil Dougall |publisher=Scottish Football Association |access-date=4 June 2019}} Earlier that year he also represented his country in a Victory international against England and in the Burnden Park disaster fundraising match, in which he played opposite his clubmate Frank Mitchell.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng-warvic-intres.html |title=England – War-Time/Victory Internationals – Details |first=Barrie |last=Courtney |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=21 March 2004 |access-date=16 October 2007}}{{cite web |url=https://www.londonhearts.com/scotlandunoff/games/19460824.html |title=Sat 24 Aug 1946 England 2 Scotland 2 |publisher=London Hearts Supporters Club |access-date=30 November 2021}}
He transferred to Plymouth Argyle in March 1949 for a fee of £13,000, was converted to wing half, and spent the remainder of his playing career at the club, making nearly 300 appearances in all competitions, before he retired in March 1959.{{cite web |url=http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=248&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |title=Neil Dougall |website=Greens on Screen |access-date=4 June 2019}} With Plymouth he won a Third Division South championship medal in 1952 and a Third Division championship medal in 1959. He was awarded a testimonial match against Burnley, the club where he started his career and where his father Billy had been both player and manager (his uncles Peter and Jimmy also played in the 1930s, mainly for Southampton and Preston North End). Neil also qualified as a coach and became player-coach to Plymouth's reserve team, succeeded Jack Rowley as team manager for an eight-month spell,{{cite web |url=http://www.thefootballnetwork.net/main/s37/st99962.htm |title=1959/60 Series – Part 12 |first=Mike |last=Curno |website=TheLongside.co.uk |date=25 July 2006 |access-date=4 June 2019}} and performed various coaching roles at the club until 1969.
After retiring from football he ran a fitness club in Plymouth from which he retired in 1986. He had Alzheimer's disease{{cite web |url=http://www.blues.premiumtv.co.uk/page/WhereAreTheyNowDetail/0,,10412~1037468,00.html |title=Former Blues: Alex Govan |publisher=Birmingham City F.C. |access-date=16 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070918011517/http://www.blues.premiumtv.co.uk/page/WhereAreTheyNowDetail/0,,10412~1037468,00.html |archive-date=18 September 2007}} and died in Plymouth on 1 December 2009 after a long illness.{{cite news |url=http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/sport/team-mates-pay-tribute-legend-Dougall/article-1569651-detail/article.html |title=Former team-mates pay tribute to legend Dougall |newspaper=The Herald |location=Plymouth |date=3 December 2009 |access-date=3 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230003007/http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/sport/team-mates-pay-tribute-legend-Dougall/article-1569651-detail/article.html |archive-date=30 December 2009}}
Honours
Birmingham City
- Football League South (wartime league): 1945–46
- Football League Second Division: 1947–48
Plymouth Argyle
References
General
- {{cite book |first=Tony |last=Matthews, Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |date=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |pages=83–84 |isbn=1-85983-010-2}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/neildougal.html |title=Neil Dougall |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |access-date=16 October 2007}}
Specific
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Category:Footballers from Falkirk
Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Scotland men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football inside forwards
Category:Men's association football wing halves
Category:Birmingham City F.C. players
Category:Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
Category:Scottish football managers
Category:Plymouth Argyle F.C. managers
Category:English Football League managers