| Wilf Low | |
| Fullname: | Wilfrid Lawson Low |
| Birth Date: | 8 December 1884 |
| Birth Place: | Fraserburgh, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
| Height: | [1] |
| Position: | Centre half |
| Clubs1: | Abergeldie |
| Clubs2: | Montrose |
| Years3: | 1904–1909 |
| Clubs3: | Aberdeen |
| Caps3: | 107 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Years4: | 1909–1924 |
| Clubs4: | Newcastle United |
| Caps4: | 324 |
| Goals4: | 9 |
| Totalcaps: | 431 |
| Totalgoals: | 12 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1911–1920 |
| Nationalteam1: | Scotland |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Wilfrid Lawson Low (8 December 1884 – 30 April 1933) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre-half for Aberdeen and Newcastle United.
Low was nicknamed the "Laughing Cavalier", although opposition forwards may have disagreed with this as he was a typical hard defender of that time. He played 367 games for Newcastle scoring 8 goals. He also played for the Scotland national team, winning five caps between 1911 and 1920.
Low remained with Newcastle after his playing retirement, firstly as a coach for the Swifts junior side, then latterly as the club's groundsman.
Low's brother Harry, nephew Willie[2] [3] and son Norman were also professional footballers. He served as a sergeant in the Royal Engineers at home during the First World War.[4] He was killed in 1933 when a car knocked him over.[5]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Aberdeen | 1904-05 | Scottish Division Two | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1905-06 | Scottish Division One | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 1906-07 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| 1907-08 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |||
| 1908-09 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |||
| Total | 107 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 119 | 3 | |||
| Newcastle United | 1909-10 | First Division | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| 1910-11 | 31 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 1 | |||
| 1911-12 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 3 | |||
| 1912-13 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 2 | |||
| 1913-14 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |||
| 1914-15 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |||
| 1915-16 | Official English football disrupted by the First World War | ||||||||
| 1916-17 | |||||||||
| 1917-18 | |||||||||
| 1918-19 | |||||||||
| 1919-20 | First Division | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 1920-21 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
| 1921-22 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |||
| 1922-23 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 1923-24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Total | 324 | 9 | 43 | 0 | 367 | 9 | |||
| Career total | 431 | 12 | 55 | 0 | 486 | 12 | |||
| Scotland | 1911 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1912 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1913 | — | |||
| 1914 | — | |||
| 1915 | — | |||
| 1916 | — | |||
| 1917 | — | |||
| 1918 | — | |||
| 1919 | — | |||
| 1920 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 5 | 0 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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