Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 3 June 1878 | ||
Place of birth | Strathaven, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 27 November 1914 | (aged 36)||
Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Mossend Celtic | ||
– | Cadzow Oak | ||
1897 | Hamilton Academical | 2 | (0) |
1897–1910 | Celtic | 186 | (52) |
1899 | → Clyde (loan) | 6 | (3) |
1900 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | [a] | |
1900–1902 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | [a] | |
1910–1911 | Hamilton Academical | 23 | (2) |
Total | 293 | (70) | |
International career | |||
1899–1909 | Scottish League XI | 3 | (0) |
1905–1909 | Scotland | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Peter Somers (3 June 1878 – 27 November 1914) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside forward for Celtic,[3][4] Blackburn Rovers, Hamilton Academical[1][5] and Scotland.[6][7] Somers also played for the Scottish Football League XI three times.[8] After retiring as a player, Somers became a director of Hamilton Academical.[6]
His son Billy Somers, also a footballer, was a Dominion of Canada Football Champion with Toronto Scottish in 1932.[9][10] Another son John played briefly for Hearts.[11][1] Somers became seriously ill in November 1914, requiring his left foot to be amputated. He died of complications from this operation on 27 November.[12][13]