William Carey Dowd Sr. (March 21, 1865 – September 23, 1927) was an American college football player and coach, politician, and publisher.
Dowd later became a Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives and established a newspaper, The Charlotte News.
Dowd was born on March 21, 1865, in Moore County, North Carolina.
[2] He died on September 23, 1927, at his home in Charlotte, North Carolina.
This biographical article relating to a college football coach first appointed in the 1880s is a stub.