Sam Cowan
The King presents Sam Cowan with the FA Cup in 1934
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Samuel Cowan | ||
| Date of birth | 10 May 1901 | ||
| Place of birth | Chesterfield, England | ||
| Date of death | 4 October 1964 (aged 63) | ||
| Place of death | Haywards Heath, England | ||
| Playing position | Centre half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Adwick Juniors | |||
| Huddersfield Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Denaby United | |||
| Bullcroft Main Colliery | |||
| 1923–1924 | Doncaster Rovers | 48 | (13) |
| 1924–1935 | Manchester City | 369 | (19) |
| 1935–1937 | Bradford City | 57 | (1) |
| 1937–1938 | Mossley | 39 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 1926–1931 | England | 3 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1937–1938 | Mossley (player-manager) | ||
| 1946–1947 | Manchester City | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Samuel Cowan (10 May 1901 – 4 October 1964) was an English football player and manager. A relative latecomer to the sport, Cowan did not play football until he was 17 and was 22 by the time he turned professional. He made his league debut for Doncaster Rovers in 1923, and signed for First Division Manchester City the following season.
Cowan played centre half for Manchester City for 11 seasons, captaining the team in the early to mid-1930s. He is the only player to have represented Manchester City in three FA Cup finals, as a runner-up in 1926 and 1933, and as a winner in 1934. Internationally, he gained three England caps between 1926 and 1931. In total he played 407 times for Manchester City, putting him 12th in terms of all-time appearances. In 1935, he transferred to Bradford City, and subsequently moved to Mossley as player-manager.
In 1938, Cowan joined Brighton & Hove Albion as a coach, and set up a physiotherapy business. He returned to Manchester City as manager in 1946, winning the Second Division in his only season in charge. He continued to work in sports and physiotherapy until his death in 1964.
Cowan was born on 10 May 1901 in Chesterfield, but moved further north in his early years and was raised in Adwick le Street near Doncaster. He did not play football as a child, only gaining an interest in the sport when he took part in a game at a local park aged 17. He then started to play for local teams, including Adwick Juniors, Bullcroft Main Colliery and Denaby United and had an unsuccessful trial at Huddersfield Town.
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