Personal information | |||
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Full name | Henry Forbes Low[1] | ||
Date of birth | 15 August 1882 | ||
Place of birth | Oldmachar, Scotland[2] | ||
Date of death | 26 September 1920[2] | (aged 38)||
Place of death | Sunderland, England[2] | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Wing half, forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1901–1903 | Orion | ||
1903–1907 | Aberdeen | 95 | (19) |
1907–1919 | Sunderland | 202 | (33) |
Total | 297 | (52) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Henry Forbes Low (15 August 1882 – 26 September 1920) was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 200 appearances in the Football League for Sunderland as a left half. He also played in the Scottish League for Aberdeen.
A left half,[3] Low began his senior career with newly-formed Northern League club Aberdeen and was a part of their rise from the Northern League to Scottish League Division One during the early years of the 20th century.[4][5] He made 114 appearances and scored 30 goals during four seasons at Pittodrie and transferred to English First Division club Sunderland for a £400 fee in May 1907.[4] Low played eight seasons for Sunderland, before the suspension of league football in 1915 (following the outbreak of the First World War) ended his competitive career with the club.[4] During his time at Roker Park, Low made 228 appearances, scored 38 goals and was a part of the squad which won the 1912–13 First Division championship and reached the 1913 FA Cup Final.[3][4]
Low played in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots annual international trial matches in 1909 and 1911 and was called up by Scotland for a friendly match versus Ireland in 1913,[6] but he pulled out of the squad in order to play in a 1912–13 FA Cup semi-final.[7] He was not capped at international level.[7]
Low was the elder brother of footballer Wilf Low and the uncle of Willie Low and Norman Low.[2][8][9] In February 1917, 2+1⁄2 years after the outbreak of the First World War, Low enlisted in the Royal Navy as an able seaman.[9] He served on HMS Dido and was honourably discharged after being wounded.[9] Low became the landlord of a pub in Monkwearmouth in 1919 and died of pneumonia in September 1920.[9] He was married with four children.[9]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Aberdeen | 1903–04[2] | Northern League | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4[b] | 1 | 22 | 6 |
1904–05[2] | Scottish Division Two | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4[c] | 3 | 27 | 6 | |
1905–06[2] | Scottish Division One | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2[d] | 3 | 31 | 8 | |
1906–07[2] | Scottish Division One | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2[e] | 0 | 34 | 9 | |
Total | 95 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 114 | 29 | ||
Sunderland | 1907–08[10] | First Division | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
1908–09[11] | First Division | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |
1909–10[12] | First Division | 24 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 14 | |
1910–11[13] | First Division | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7 | |
1911–12[14] | First Division | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | |
1912–13[15] | First Division | 37 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1[f] | 0 | 47 | 4 | |
1913–14[16] | First Division | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
1914–15[17] | First Division | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[f] | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
Total | 202 | 33 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 229 | 36 | ||
Career total | 297 | 52 | 32 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 343 | 65 |
Aberdeen
Sunderland