Peter Dickson (footballer)

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Peter Dickson
Personal information
Date of birth (1951-10-22) 22 October 1951 (age 71)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1969–1975 Albion Rovers [1] 121 (42)
1975–1982 Queen of the South [2] 191 (40)
1982 Green Gully [3] 8 (3)
1983 Albion Rovers [4] 13 (4)
Total333(89)
International career
1976 Scottish League XI [5] 1 (0)
1976 Scotland U23 [6] 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Dickson (born 22 October 1950) is a Scottish former professional footballer. He played for Parkhead, Albion Rovers and Queen of the South. He started his career as a striker but later played at right back.

Dickson played for Coatbridge club Albion Rovers where he was divisional top scorer in 1974/75. Dickson then joined Dumfries club Queen of the South on 23 November 1975 and went to make 231 appearances scoring 51 goals. [7] Teammates Allan Ball, Iain McChesney, Jocky Dempster and Nobby Clark have all since been interviewed by the club and remembered Dickson for his contribution in the 1975–76 Scottish Cup 5-4 extra time win against Ayr United. George Cloy and Jimmy Robertson have similarly been interviewed and remembered Dickson for his off field antics. [8]

When Dickson left Palmerston he went to play for Melbourne-based Australian clubs Green Gully and Albion Rovers.

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References

  1. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/albion/albion.html [ bare URL ]
  2. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/queenofthesouth/queenofthesouth.html [ bare URL ]
  3. "Victorian State League 1982 Season Results".
  4. "Victorian State League 1983 Season Results".
  5. Under 9000 see Scots defeated, Glasgow Herald, 18 March 1976
  6. "Scotland U23 player Peter Dickson". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  7. "On this day". Qosfc.com. 23 November 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2010.[ dead link ]
  8. "Queens Legends" on www.qosfc.com