| Donald Gow | |
| Fullname: | Donald Robertson Gow |
| Birth Date: | 8 February 1868 |
| Birth Place: | Blair Atholl, Scotland |
| Position: | Full-back |
| Years1: | 1884–1885 |
| Clubs1: | Cessnock Bank |
| Years2: | 1885–1891 |
| Clubs2: | Rangers |
| Caps2: | 16 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 1891–1892 |
| Clubs3: | Sunderland |
| Caps3: | 16 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1892–1893 |
| Clubs4: | Rangers |
| Caps4: | 10 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1893–1897 |
| Clubs5: | Sunderland |
| Caps5: | 82 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 1897 |
| Years7: | 1898 |
| Years8: | 1899 |
| Clubs8: | Girvan |
| Nationalyears1: | 1888 |
| Nationalteam1: | Scotland |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 1892[1] |
| Nationalteam2: | Football League XI |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Donald Robertson Gow (8 February 1868 – 1945) was a Scottish footballer who played for Rangers, Sunderland and the Scotland national team as a full back.
Previously playing for Rangers where he claimed a Scottish Football League winner's medal from his first spell at Rangers in the competition's first edition of 1890–91,[2] [3] Gow made his debut for Sunderland against Bolton Wanderers on 19 September 1891 in a 4–3 defeat at Pike's Lane.[4] He won the English Football League Championship in 1892 and 1895.[5] He played for Sunderland on two separate occasions, between 1891 and 1892 then 1893 and 1897 with a year back at Rangers in the interim, in total making 98 league appearances scoring one goal at his time at the club.[6]
While a Rangers player, Gow made his debut and only appearance for Scotland against England on 17 March 1888 in a 5–0 defeat at Hampden Park. Gow captained the Scottish side in this game.[7] [8] It is likely he would have gained more caps while with Sunderland had the Scottish Football Association not operated a policy of selecting only home-based players until 1896 (a situation which also affected Sunderland teammate Ned Doig among many others). After this was relaxed, Gow played in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots trial match of 1897[9] but unlike Doig, did not make the full Scotland team again.[3]
His brother John was also a Scottish international.[10]