Peter Grant | |
Fullname: | Peter Gunn Grant |
Birth Date: | 3 June 1879 |
Birth Place: | Gorbals, Scotland |
Death Place: | Castlecary, Scotland |
Position: | Full back |
Years1: | –1897 |
Clubs1: | Glasgow Perthshire |
Years2: | 1897–1900 |
Clubs2: | Motherwell |
Caps2: | 40 |
Goals2: | 3 |
Years3: | 1900–1902 |
Clubs3: | Hamilton Academical |
Caps3: | 12 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1902–1908 |
Clubs4: | Queen's Park |
Caps4: | 2 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Peter Gunn Grant (3 June 1879 – 10 December 1937) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played in the Scottish League for Motherwell, Hamilton Academical and Queen's Park as a full back.
In 1917, three years since the outbreak of the First World War, Grant joined the French Army's Special Ambulance Service as a driver/mechanic.[1] He was twice awarded the Croix de Guerre for "outstanding acts of bravery". Grant died in the Castlecary rail accident on 10 December 1937.
Season | League | Scottish Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Motherwell | 1897–98[2] | Scottish Second Division | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 2 | ||
1898–99 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
1899–1900 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | ||||
Total | 40 | 3 | 8 | 0 | — | 48 | 3 | ||||
Hamilton Academical | 1900–01[3] | Scottish Second Division | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[4] | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
1901–02[5] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
Queen's Park | 1902–03[6] | Scottish First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
Career total | 54 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 67 | 3 |