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Henry William "Harry" Dowd (born 4 July 1938 in Salford, Lancashire) is an English former football goalkeeper who played for Manchester City, Stoke City and Oldham Athletic. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Salford lies at the heart of the City of Salford, a Metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports TalkManchester City FC before changing verbs to singular --> Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club Stoke City Football Club is a football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Oldham Athletic Football Club (2004 Ltd, more commonly Oldham Athletic Football Club or informally Oldham Athletic, is an English football club

At the start of his career Dowd combined amateur football playing for ICI Blackley with a job as a plumber. On 10 January 1958 he signed for Manchester City as an amateur, and turned professional two years later. In December 1961 he made his debut in a 4-1 defeat to Blackburn Rovers, deputising for the injured Bert Trautmann. Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. Bernhard Carl "Bert" Trautmann OBE (born 22 October 1923 in Bremen, Germany is a German football Goalkeeper who played for In the 1961-62 season he established himself as first choice goalkeeper, making 34 appearances. In February 1964, Dowd broke his finger[1] in a game against Bury. Bury Football Club is an English association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. Unable to continue playing in goal, he moved to centre-forward, where he scored the equalising goal.

During Manchester City's championship winning 1967-68 season, Dowd lost his first team place through injury, and made only seven first team appearances. He regained his place the following season, and played on the winning side in the 1969 FA Cup final, where Manchester City beat Leicester City 1-0. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here

In the 1969-70 season, Dowd lost his first team place to Joe Corrigan. Joseph Thomas Corrigan (born 18 November 1948 in Manchester) is a former football Goalkeeper who played for Manchester City His final Manchester City appearance was against Sheffield Wednesday in the final match of 1969-70, and in December 1970 he was transferred to Oldham Athletic, where he played 111 times.

Honours won

As a player

Manchester City F.C.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Most sources state the injury as a broken finger, but some (such as Clayton) say it was a shoulder injury
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