Harry Cowan

Harry Cowan
Personal information
Full name Henry Cowan
Date of birth 5 December 1893
Place of birth Rutherglen, Scotland[a]
Date of death c. 1974 (aged 80–81)
Place of death United States
Position(s)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1916–1924 Clyde 265 (3)
1924–1925 Dunfermline Athletic 35 (0)
1925–1927 New Bedford Whalers 76 (1)
1927 Hartford Americans 9 (0)
1927 New York Nationals 3 (0)
1928 Fall River F.C. 4 (0)
1928–1929 Pawtucket Rangers 5 (0)
1929–1931 New Bedford Whalers 8 (0)
Total 405 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Cowan (5 December 1893 – 1974) was a Scottish footballer who played for Clyde and Dunfermline Athletic in his native country and for several clubs – primarily the New Bedford Whalers – in the United States, mainly as a full back. Reports from the time indicate that he was deaf and/or mute.[3][4]

  1. ^ Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 3 December 2021
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference statscrew was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ New Bedford Soccer Team Meets Bethlehem F.C. Tomorrow, The Globe, 18 December 1925, via Bethlehem Steel Soccer Club
  4. ^ Brooklyn Soccer Team Has Many Stars From Abroad, The Standard Union, 25 March 1926, scan via Newspapers.com


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