Len Dowell
Personal information
Full name Leonard Dowell
Date of birth (1902-06-13)13 June 1902[1]
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland[1]
Date of death 15 June 1966(1966-06-15) (aged 64)[1]
Place of death Edinburgh, Scotland[1]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1921–1923 Newtongrange Star
1923–1924 Portobello Thistle
1924–1925 Partick Thistle 1 (0)
1925–1927 Sittingbourne
1927–1931 Gillingham 55 (7)
1931–1932 Ashford
1932–1933 LLoyds
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leonard Dowell (13 June 1902 – 15 June 1966) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an Inside forward. He played in the Scottish Football League for Partick Thistle and in the English Football League for Gillingham.

Career

Between 1921 and 1924 Dowell played for two Scottish Junior teams: Newtongrange Star for two seasons[2] in both of which they were league champions – firstly of the Midlothian Junior League and then its replacement the East of Scotland Junior League – followed by a season in the latter league with Portobello Thistle.

In August 1924 he signed with senior level Scottish First Division club Partick Thistle.[3] During the following 1924–1925 season he appeared in only one league game for 'The Jags'[1] and at the end of the season he was not retained and moved to England joining Sittingbourne of the Kent League.[4]

Dowell remained at Sittingbourne for two season before in 1927 signing for Football League Third Division South club {{subst:Fc|Gillingham++.[5] During his four seasons, 1927–28 to 1930–31, with 'The Gills' he played in 55 games scoring seven goals[6] – all his goals were scored over 22 appearances in the 1929–30 season.[7]

On leaving Gillingham Dowell reverted to playing Kent League football: firstly in the 1931–32 campaign with that season's league runners-up Ashford[8] and then, after relinquishing his professional status, for the following season as an amateur player with LLoyds.[9]

In August 1937 he played in a pre-season trial match at Berwick Rangers.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Len Dowell". The Thistle Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "All Time Players - D". The History of Newtongrange Star. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Partick Thistle's Capture". The Courier. Dundee. 19 August 1924. p. 6.
  4. ↑ "Football: Sittingbourne's Second Try-Out". East Kent Gazette. Sittingbourne. 29 August 1925.
  5. ↑ "Gillingham". Athletic News. Manchester. 8 August 1927. p. 8.
  6. ↑ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 16. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
  7. ↑ "Leonard Dowell". Gillingham FC Scrapbook. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Football: Additional Club Prospects". Kentish Express. Ashford. 14 August 1931. p. 14.
  9. ↑ "Kent Football: Lloyds Bright Prospects". Kentish Express. Ashford. 19 August 1932. p. 16.
  10. ↑ "Border Sport Jottings". Southern Reporter. Selkirk. 19 August 1937. p. 7.


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