{{Short description|Northern Irish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Use Irish English|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Bill Gowdy | image = | caption = | fullname = William Alexander Gowdy<ref name="NIFG">[http://nifootball.blogspot.co.uk/2006/12/bill-gowdy.html Bill Gowdy], Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats, 1 December 2006</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date|1903|12|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Belfast, Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|1958|3|16|1903|12|24|df=y}} | death_place = Larne, Ireland | position = Wing-half / Inside forward<ref name="NIFG" /> | years1 = 1922–1923 |clubs1 = Duncairn Olympic |caps1 = |goals1 = | years2 = 1923–1924 |clubs2 = Cliftonville Olympic |caps2 = |goals2 = | years3 = 1924–1925 |clubs3 = Highfield |caps3 = |goals3 = | years4 = 1925–1926 |clubs4 = Duncairn Old Boys |caps4 = |goals4 = | years5 = 1926–1927 |clubs5 = Cliftonville Olympic |caps5 = |goals5 = | years6 = 1926–1927 |clubs6 = Dundalk |caps6 = 2 |goals6 = 0 | years7 = 1927–1928 |clubs7 = Ards |caps7 = |goals7 = | years8 = 1927–1928 |clubs8 = Brantwood |caps8 = |goals8 = | years9 = 1928–1929 |clubs9 = Ards |caps9 = |goals9 = | years10 = 1929–1931 |clubs10 = Hull City |caps10 = 65 |goals10 = 1 | years11 = 1931–1932 |clubs11 = Sheffield Wednesday |caps11 = 1 |goals11 = 0 | years12 = 1933 |clubs12 = Gateshead |caps12 = 4 |goals12 = 0 | years13 = 1934–1935 |clubs13 = Linfield |caps13 = |goals13 = | years14 = 1935–1936 |clubs14 = Hibernian |caps14 = 10 |goals14 = 1 | years15 = 1936–1937 |clubs15 = Goole Town |caps15 = |goals15 = | years16 = 1937–1938 |clubs16 = Altrincham |caps16 = |goals16 = | years17 = 1938–1939 |clubs17 = Aldershot |caps17 = 3 |goals17 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1931–1936 |nationalteam1 = Ireland |nationalcaps1 = 6 |nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''William Alexander Gowdy''' (24 December 1903 – 16 March 1958) was a Northern Irish footballer who played for, among others, Hull City, Sheffield Wednesday, Gateshead, Hibernian and Aldershot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dundalkfcwhoswho.com/player.php?id=23 |title=Bill Gowdy &#124; History of Dundalk F.C |publisher=Dundalkfcwhoswho.com |date= |accessdate=2017-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adrianbullock.com/swfc/stats/play0213.htm |title=W Gowdy |publisher=Adrianbullock.com |date= |accessdate=2017-04-08}}</ref><ref>[http://www.lusaweb.co.uk/prewar1.htm Altrincham's Pre-War Players], Altrincham FC</ref> He gained six caps for Ireland between 1931 and 1936.<ref name="NIFG" /><ref>{{cite web|author=Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann |url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/38982/Bill_Gowdy.html |title=Bill Gowdy |publisher=National Football Teams |date= |accessdate=2017-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enfa.co.uk/ |title=The English National Football Archive |publisher=Enfa.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2022-04-27}}</ref>

His elder brother Joe<ref>[http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Down/Ormeau/Portallo_Street/216141/ Residents of a house 47 in Portallo Street (Ormeau, Down)] (1911 census), National Archives of Ireland</ref> was also a footballer; he too gained six caps for Ireland, but they did not play together for their country (nor any clubs) – Joe's last cap was in 1927.<ref>[http://nifootball.blogspot.com/2006/12/joe-gowdy.html Joe Gowdy], Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats, 11 December 2006</ref>

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