Harry Low

For those of a similar name, see Harry Lowe.

Harry Low

Personal information
Full name	Henry Forbes Low[1]
Date of birth	15 August 1882
Place of birth	Oldmachar, Scotland[2]
Date of death	26 September 1920(1920-09-26) (aged 38)[2]
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.

Club career

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]

International career

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]

Personal life

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]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Other		Total
		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

1. Includes Scottish Cup, FA Cup
2. 3 appearances and 1 goal in Scottish Qualifying Cup, 1 appearance in Aberdeenshire Cup
3. 3 appearances and 3 goals in Scottish Qualifying Cup, 1 appearance in Fleming Charity Shield
4. 1 appearance and 3 goals in Fleming Charity Shield, 1 appearance in High Cup
5. 1 appearance in Fleming Charity Shield, 1 appearance in High Cup
6. Appearance in Newcastle & Sunderland Hospitals Cup

Honours

Aberdeen

• Aberdeenshire Cup: 1903–04[2]
• Fleming Charity Cup: 1905–06, 1906–07[2]

Sunderland

• Football League First Division: 1912–13[15]
• Newcastle & Sunderland Hospitals Cup: 1912–13, 1914–15[15][17]

See also

• List of Scottish football families
• List of Sunderland A.F.C. players

References

1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 178. ISBN 9781905891610. OCLC 841581272.
2. "Henry Low". Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
3. "Harry Low". Sunderland Association Football Club. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
4. "Low Harry Sunderland 1911". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
5. Aberdeen F.C. at the Football Club History Database
6. Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
7. Mason, Rob (30 August 2017). "Club before country: how Sunderland's Harry Low sacrificed a cap to play in a Tyne-Wear derby". nechronicle. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
8. The reference states they were half-brothers, but Willie was the son of William, a much older brother of Wilf and Harry – whose own father was also named William.
9. "The Sunderland players who served in WWI". www.sunderlandecho.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
10. "1907–08 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
11. "1908–09 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
12. "1909–10 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
13. "1910–11 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
14. "1911–12 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
15. "1912–13 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
16. "1913–14 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
17. "1914–15 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

External links

• Harry Low at safc.com