Neil Dougall

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Neil Dougall
Personal information
Full name	Cornelius Dougall
Date of birth	7 November 1921
Place of birth	Falkirk, Scotland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Inside-right / Wing-half
Youth clubs
1936–1940	Burnley
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1940–1945 1945–1949 1949–1959	Burnley Birmingham City Plymouth Argyle	000 0(0) 093 (15) 274 (26)
National team
1946	Scotland	001 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Cornelius "Neil" Dougall (born 7 November 1921) is a former Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside-right or wing-half. He played over 350 games in the Football League and won one cap for Scotland.

Dougall was born in Falkirk, Scotland. He began his football career as a schoolboy inside-right at Burnley in 1936, turning professional in 1940. After the Second World War he moved to Birmingham City for a fee of £2,750. He helped the club to that season's Football League South war league championship and the Second Division championship two years later. While at Birmingham he won one full cap for Scotland, against Wales in 1946,^[1] and represented his country in a Victory international against England and in the Bolton disaster fundraising match opposite his clubmate Frank Mitchell.^[2]

He transferred to Plymouth Argyle in March 1949 for a fee of £13,000, was converted to wing-half, and spent the remainder of his playing career at the club, making nearly 300 appearances in all competitions, before he retired in March 1959. With Plymouth he won a Third Division South championship medal in 1952 and a Third Division championship medal in 1959. He was awarded a testimonial match against Burnley, the club where he started his career and where his father Billy had been both player and manager. He qualified as a coach and became player-coach to Plymouth's reserve team, succeeded Jack Rowley as team manager for an eight-month spell,^[3] and performed various coaching roles at the club until 1969.

After retiring from football he ran a fitness club in Plymouth from which he retired in 1986. He now suffers from Alzheimer's disease.^[3][4]

[edit] Honours

• with Birmingham City
  • Football League South (wartime league) champions 1946.
  • Football League Second Division champions 1948.
• with Plymouth Argyle
  • Football League Third Division South champions 1952.
  • Football League Third Division champions 1959.

[edit] References

• Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books, pp. 83-84. ISBN 1-85983-010-2. 
• Neil Dougall at Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database

[edit] Notes

v • d • e Plymouth Argyle F.C. – Managers Brettell (1903–05) • Jack (1905–06) • Fullerton (1906–07) • Committee (1907–10) • Jack (1910–38) • Tresadern (1938–47) • Rae (1948–55) • Rowley (1955–60) • Buckingham (1961) • Dougall (1961) • Stuttard (1961–63) • Beattie (1963–64) • Allison (1964–65) • Ufton (1965–68) • Bingham (1968–70) • Stuttard (1970–72) • Waiters (1972–77) • Kelly (1977–78) • Lawrence (1978) • Allison (1978–79) • Saxton (1979–81) • Moncur (1981–83) • Hore (1983–84) • Smith (1984–88) • Brown (1988–90) • Gregory (1990) • Kemp (1990–92) • Shilton (1992–95) • McCall (1995) • Warnock (1995–97) • Jones (1997–98) • Hodges (1998–2000) • Sturrock (2000–04) • Williamson (2004–05) • Pulis (2005–06) • Holloway (2006–07) • Sturrock (2007–)

Persondata
NAME	Dougall, Neil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dougall, Cornelius
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1921-11-07
PLACE OF BIRTH	Falkirk, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH