Peter Somers

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{about|the Scottish footballer|the Mayor of Milwaukee|Peter J. Somers}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2017}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Peter Somers

| image = Celtic team 1908 (Somers).jpg

| fullname =

| height = 5ft 7in

| position = Inside Forward

| birth_date = 3 June 1878

| birth_place = Strathaven, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1914|11|27|1878|06|03|df=y}}

| death_place = Glasgow, Scotland

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = –

| clubs1 = Mossend Celtic

| caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = –

|clubs2= Cadzow Oak

| caps2 = | goals2 =

|years3= 1897

|clubs3= Hamilton Academical

| caps3 = 2 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1897–1910

|clubs4= Celtic

| caps4 = 186 | goals4 = 52

|years5= 1899

|clubs5= → Clyde (loan)

| caps5 = 6 | goals5 = 3

|years6= 1900

|clubs6= → Blackburn Rovers (loan)

| caps6 = {{efn|name=Blackburn|He made 76 Football League appearances for Blackburn over two loan spells (13 goals),{{cite book | author=Matthews, Tony | title=Blackburn Rovers – The Complete Record | publisher =Breedon Books |year =2009 | ISBN=978-1-85983-709-2}} but the breakdown of these is not confirmed.}} | goals6 =

|years7 = 1900–1902

|clubs7 = → Blackburn Rovers (loan)

| caps7 = {{efn|name=Blackburn}} | goals7 =

|years8 = 1910–1911

|clubs8 = Hamilton Academical

| caps8 = 23 | goals8 = 2

|totalcaps=293

|totalgoals=70

|nationalyears1 = 1899–1909

|nationalteam1 = Scottish League XI

|nationalcaps1 = 3

|nationalgoals1 = 0

|nationalyears2 = 1905–1909

|nationalteam2 = Scotland

|nationalcaps2 = 4

|nationalgoals2 = 0

}}

Peter Somers (3 June 1878 – 27 November 1914) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside forward for Celtic,[http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/player.php?playerid=2273 (Celtic player) Somers, Peter], FitbaStats[https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1905/1905031702.htm Famous Players. {{!}} Peter Somers, Celtic F.C.] The Scottish Referee, 17 March 1905. Scan via London Hearts Supporters Club Blackburn Rovers, Hamilton Academical[https://sites.google.com/site/hamiltonacademicalmemorybank/players/somers-peter-1897 Somers, Peter (1897)], Hamilton Academical Memory Bank{{cite magazine|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|magazine=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}} and Scotland.{{harv|Smith|2013|p=262}}{{cite web|url=https://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/players/petersomers.html|title=[Scotland player] Peter Somers |website=London Hearts Supporters' Club|access-date=11 May 2020}} Somers also played for the Scottish Football League XI three times.{{cite web |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/petersomers.html |title=[SFL player] Peter Somers |work=www.londonhearts.com |publisher=London Hearts Supporters' Club |date= |access-date=11 May 2014}} After retiring as a player, Somers became a director of Hamilton Academical.