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Peter Somers
Personal information
Date of birth 3 June 1878
Place of birth Strathaven, Scotland
Date of death 27 November 1914(1914-11-27) (aged 36)
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
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)
1900–1902 → Blackburn Rovers (loan)
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, Blackburn Rovers, Hamilton Academical and Scotland. Somers also played for the Scottish Football League XI three times. After retiring as a player, Somers became a director of Hamilton Academical.

Personal life

His son Billy Somers, also a footballer, was a Dominion of Canada Football Champion with Toronto Scottish in 1932. Another son John played briefly for Hearts. Somers became seriously ill in November 1914, requiring his left foot to be amputated. He died of complications from this operation on 27 November.

Honours

Celtic

Notes

  1. ^ He made 76 Football League appearances for Blackburn over two loan spells (13 goals), but the breakdown of these is not confirmed.

References

  1. ^ Somers, Peter (1897), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
  2. Matthews, Tony (2009). Blackburn Rovers – The Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-709-2.
  3. ^ (Celtic player) Somers, Peter, FitbaStats
  4. Famous Players. | Peter Somers, Celtic F.C. The Scottish Referee, 17 March 1905. Scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
  5. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ (Smith 2013, p. 262)
  7. "[Scotland player] Peter Somers". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  8. "[SFL player] Peter Somers". www.londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  9. Great players: Bill Somers, Canadian National Soccer League, 23 June 2019
  10. Connaught Series: Toronto Scottish FC win three Canadian titles, Canadian Soccer Association, 27 August 2017
  11. (Hearts player) John Somers, London Hearts Supporters' Club
  12. "Death of Mr Peter Somers". Hamilton Advertiser. 28 November 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  13. "Illness of Peter Somers". Daily Record. 26 November 1914. p. 6. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
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