Peter Grant (footballer, born 1879)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Peter Grant

| fullname = Peter Gunn Grant

| birth_date = 3 June 1879

| birth_place = Gorbals, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age |1937|12|10|1879|6|3|df=y}}

| death_place = Castlecary, Scotland

| position = Full back

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1897

| clubs1 = Glasgow Perthshire

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1897–1900

| clubs2 = Motherwell

| caps2 = 40

| goals2 = 3

| years3 = 1900–1902

| clubs3 = Hamilton Academical

| caps3 = 12

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1902–1908

| clubs4 = Queen's Park

| caps4 = 2

| goals4 = 0

}}

Peter Gunn Grant (3 June 1879 – 10 December 1937) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played in the Scottish League for Motherwell, Hamilton Academical and Queen's Park as a full back.

Personal life

In 1917, three years since the outbreak of the First World War, Grant joined the French Army's Special Ambulance Service as a driver/mechanic.{{Cite web |last=McCrossan |first=Frank |title=Queen's Park And The Great War 1914 To 1918 – The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As At April 2017 – Appendix 2 |url=https://queensparkfc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Appendix-2.pdf |access-date=7 June 2018 |page=6}} He was twice awarded the Croix de Guerre for "outstanding acts of bravery". Grant died in the Castlecary rail accident on 10 December 1937.

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" \|Club ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! colspan="3" \|League ! colspan="2" \|Scottish Cup ! colspan="2" \|Other ! colspan="2" \|Total
Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="4" \|Motherwell \|1897–98{{Cite book \|last=Litster \|first=John \|title=Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players \|publisher=PM Publications \|location=Norwich}} \| rowspan="3" \|Scottish Second Division \|9 \|2 \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|9 \|2
1898–99 \|14 \|0 \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|14 \|0
1899–1900 \|17 \|1 \|8 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|25 \|1
colspan="2" \|Total !40 !3 !8 !0 ! colspan="2" \|— !48 !3
rowspan="3" \|Hamilton Academical \|1900–01{{Cite web \|title=1900–01 \|url=https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=0AsMnETt0gFMZdDZYeFNHLUREYUF6Qm8yNGZ3Y2Z4cXc&single=true&gid=0&output=html \|access-date=16 July 2018}} \| rowspan="2" \|Scottish Second Division \|11 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|5Appearances in Lanarkshire Cup \|0 \|16 \|0
1901–02{{Cite web \|title=1901–02 \|url=https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=0AsMnETt0gFMZdEJrTTYyV1Y1REJ4b240bnRsUllQbkE&single=true&gid=0&output=html \|access-date=16 July 2018}} \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|0
colspan="2" \|Total !12 !0 !0 !0 !5 !0 !17 !0
Queen's Park \|1902–03{{Cite web \|title=Grant, Peter Gunn \|url=http://www.qpfc.com/appearances/g/grantpr.htm \|access-date=22 October 2016 \|website=QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website}} \|Scottish First Division \|2 \|0 \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|2 \|0
colspan="3" \|Career total !54 !3 !8 !0 !5 !0 !67 !3

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |Scottish Cup

! colspan="2" |Other

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="4" |Motherwell

|1897–98{{Cite book |last=Litster |first=John |title=Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players |publisher=PM Publications |location=Norwich}}

| rowspan="3" |Scottish Second Division

| colspan="2" |—

1898–99

|14

| colspan="2" |—

|14

1899–1900

|17

| colspan="2" |—

|25

colspan="2" |Total

!40

! colspan="2" |—

!48

rowspan="3" |Hamilton Academical

|1900–01{{Cite web |title=1900–01 |url=https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=0AsMnETt0gFMZdDZYeFNHLUREYUF6Qm8yNGZ3Y2Z4cXc&single=true&gid=0&output=html |access-date=16 July 2018}}

| rowspan="2" |Scottish Second Division

|11

|5Appearances in Lanarkshire Cup

|16

1901–02{{Cite web |title=1901–02 |url=https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=0AsMnETt0gFMZdEJrTTYyV1Y1REJ4b240bnRsUllQbkE&single=true&gid=0&output=html |access-date=16 July 2018}}

colspan="2" |Total

!12

!17

Queen's Park

|1902–03{{Cite web |title=Grant, Peter Gunn |url=http://www.qpfc.com/appearances/g/grantpr.htm |access-date=22 October 2016 |website=QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website}}

|Scottish First Division

| colspan="2" |—

colspan="3" |Career total

!54

!67