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Jack Cowan
Personal information
Date of birth (1927-06-06) 6 June 1927 (age 97)
Place of birth Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Date of death 10 December 2000(2000-12-10) (aged 73)
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
Hastings Bluebirds
1945–49 UBC Thunderbirds
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–49 St. Saviours / Vancouver City FC (0)
1949–1954 Dundee 115 (1)
1954–56 Vancouver City FC / Hale-Co FC (8)
International career
1956 Canada 0 (0)

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*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jack Cowan (6 June 1927 – 10 December 2000) was a Canadian soccer player who won championships in both Canada and Scotland. He won the Scottish League Cup with Dundeein1951–52 (also playing on the losing side in the final of that season's Scottish Cup), then capped off his career by winning Canada Soccer's Carling Cup with Vancouver Hale-Co FC. He was inducted into the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame as a player in 2000.[1]

While attending the University of British Columbia, Cowan made his Pacific Coast League in 1947–48 with Vancouver St. Saviours. He again played for the team in 1948-49 (renamed Vancouver City FC) and was selected to the British Columbia All-Stars at year's end.

After five seasons in Scotland, Cowan returned to Canada to start his engineering career. He also rejoined Vancouver City FC, who in 1955-56 were renamed Vancouver Hale-Co FC. In 1956, he helps his club with the national title. He played in several all-star matches, including representative teams for British Columbia, Western Canada, and Canada.[2] He played one match for Canada, an exhibition match against FC Lokomotiv Moscow on 18 August 1956.

Cowan retired from soccer after the 1956 season at age twenty-nine.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jack Cowan". BC Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  • ^ "Home".
  • ^ "Jack Cowan". BC Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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