A "tricky" outside right, he began his career in Scotland with hometown club Lochmaben and transferred to Dumfries in 1906. In 1908, he moved to England to join First Division club Chelsea.
He made 103 appearances and scored 11 goals in four-and-a-half years at Stamford Bridge and was a part of the club's 1911–12 Second Division promotion-winning team. After failing to appear at all during the early months of the 1913–14 season, Douglas transferred to First Division club Newcastle United in November 1913. He made 56 appearances and scored two goals for the club before the cessation of competitive football due to the outbreak of the First World War.
Angus won one cap for Scotland, in a 2–0 British Home Championship victory over Ireland in March 1911.
He worked in the munitions industry during the First World War and died of Spanish flu in December 1918, one month after the Armistice.
He made 103 appearances and scored 11 goals in four-and-a-half years at Stamford Bridge and was a part of the club's 1911–12 Second Division promotion-winning team. After failing to appear at all during the early months of the 1913–14 season, Douglas transferred to First Division club Newcastle United in November 1913. He made 56 appearances and scored two goals for the club before the cessation of competitive football due to the outbreak of the First World War.
Angus won one cap for Scotland, in a 2–0 British Home Championship victory over Ireland in March 1911.
He worked in the munitions industry during the First World War and died of Spanish flu in December 1918, one month after the Armistice.
A "tricky" outside right, he began his career in Scotland with hometown club Lochmaben and transferred to Dumfries in 1906. In 1908, he moved to England to join First Division club Chelsea.
He made 103 appearances and scored 11 goals in four-and-a-half years at Stamford Bridge and was a part of the club's 1911–12 Second Division promotion-winning team. After failing to appear at all during the early months of the 1913–14 season, Douglas transferred to First Division club Newcastle United in November 1913. He made 56 appearances and scored two goals for the club before the cessation of competitive football due to the outbreak of the First World War.
Angus won one cap for Scotland, in a 2–0 British Home Championship victory over Ireland in March 1911.
He worked in the munitions industry during the First World War and died of Spanish flu in December 1918, one month after the Armistice.
He made 103 appearances and scored 11 goals in four-and-a-half years at Stamford Bridge and was a part of the club's 1911–12 Second Division promotion-winning team. After failing to appear at all during the early months of the 1913–14 season, Douglas transferred to First Division club Newcastle United in November 1913. He made 56 appearances and scored two goals for the club before the cessation of competitive football due to the outbreak of the First World War.
Angus won one cap for Scotland, in a 2–0 British Home Championship victory over Ireland in March 1911.
He worked in the munitions industry during the First World War and died of Spanish flu in December 1918, one month after the Armistice.
Inscription
In Loving Memory of
Dugald Douglas
Who Died at Rosevale
31st Aug 1916, aged 56 years
and
Margaret Beck
Wife of
Dugald Douglas
Who Died at Rosevale
Lochmaben
4th Feb 1914, aged 52 years
Also
Angus Douglas
Only Son of the Above
Who Died at South Cosforth
Newcastle-on-Tyne
14th Dec 1918, in his 29th year
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