| Club: | Dumbarton |
| Season: | 1916–1917 |
| Manager: | James Collins |
| Stadium: | Boghead Park, Dumbarton |
| League: | Scottish League |
| League Result: | 10th |
| League Topscorer: | Cairney/ Lister (13) |
| Season Topscorer: | Cairney/ Lister (13) |
| Highest Attendance: | 8,000 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 2,000 |
| Average Attendance: | 3,160 |
| Pattern B1: | _thin_blackhoops |
| Pattern La1: | _black_hoops |
| Pattern Ra1: | _black_hoops |
| Pattern So1: | _2 gold stripes |
| Leftarm1: | FFD700 |
| Body1: | FFD700 |
| Rightarm1: | FFD700 |
| Shorts1: | FFFFFF |
| Socks1: | 000000 |
| Prevseason: | 1915–16 |
| Nextseason: | 1917–18 |
The 1916–17 season was the 40th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League. In addition Dumbarton played in the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup.
See main article: 1916–17 Scottish Football League. This was the third season of war-time football, where the playing of all other national competitions, including the Scottish Cup, were suspended. Dumbarton finished 10th out of 20 in the league, with 35 points, 29 behind champions Celtic.[1]
Dumbarton won the trophy for the first time by beating Dumbarton Harp in the final.
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| Player | From | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John McKim | Petershill | 17 Jun 1916 | |
| Robert Catterson | Strathclyde | 1 Jul 1916 | |
| James Lister | Rangers | 5 Aug 1916 | |
| George Baird | Rangers | 5 Aug 1916 | |
| Hugh Cairney | Bellshill Ath | 15 Aug 1916 | |
| Joseph Tait | Pollok | 15 Aug 1916 | |
| John Semple | Ayr United (loan) | 30 Aug 1916 | |
| Thomas Raeside | Ashfield | 7 Sep 1916 | |
| Robert Reid | St Mirren (loan) | 23 Nov 1916 | |
| James Stewart | Hamilton (loan) | 5 Apr 1917 |
| Player | To | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Riddell | 29 Aug 1916 | ||
| Thomas Gilchrist | |||
| Thomas Hamilton | |||
| Alex McGregor | |||
| Patrick O'Neill |
Source:[3]
In addition James Arnott, John Chalmers, Alfred Gettins, Peter McFie and Arthur Murphy all played their final 'first XI' games in Dumbarton colours.