Jimmy Cowan
Full Name: James Clews Cowan
Age: Died age 42 (16.06.1926 - 20.06.1968)
Position: Goalkeeper
Age: Died age 42 (16.06.1926 - 20.06.1968)
Position: Goalkeeper
Born: Paisley, Scotland
Nationality: Scottish
Nationality: Scottish
International Honours: 25 Scotland Caps
Height: 5' 11"
Height: 5' 11"
Transfer Fee: Free - St. Mirren
Date Signed: ??.05.1944
Date Signed: ??.05.1944
Date Left: ??.??.1953
Transfer Out: £9,000 - Sunderland
Former Clubs: St. Mirren, Morton, Sunderland, Third Lanark
Transfer Out: £9,000 - Sunderland
Former Clubs: St. Mirren, Morton, Sunderland, Third Lanark
Honours with Morton (player): Scottish Cup runner-up - 1947/48, Old 2nd Division winner - 1949/50
Personal Honours: In 2007 Cowan was inducted into Scottish Football's Hall Of Fame
Miscellaneous: Cowan is Morton's most capped player. In each of his 25 games for Scotland he always wore his Morton shirt under his Scotland shirt. In 1949 he performed so heroically against England at Wembley that the 3-1 win came to be known as 'Cowan's game'. His next match was for Morton against Hibs at Easter Road. The whole stadium and the Hibs team - including their legendary 'Famous Five' strikeforce - stood and clapped him off the pitch at the end.
Miscellaneous: Cowan is Morton's most capped player. In each of his 25 games for Scotland he always wore his Morton shirt under his Scotland shirt. In 1949 he performed so heroically against England at Wembley that the 3-1 win came to be known as 'Cowan's game'. His next match was for Morton against Hibs at Easter Road. The whole stadium and the Hibs team - including their legendary 'Famous Five' strikeforce - stood and clapped him off the pitch at the end.
He has chapters dedicated to him in Vincent Gillen's Greenock Morton 1874-1999 and Graeme Ross' Morton Greats.
In March 2005 he finished third in a poll to decide Morton's all-time cult hero by viewers of the BBC's Football Focus.
Morton career - starts, sub appearances, clean sheets:
1946/47:
1946/47:
Old Div 1: ? Lge Cup: ? Scot C: ? All Together: 1, 0, ?
1947/48:
1947/48:
Old Div 1: ? Lge Cup: ? Scot C: ? All Together: 25, 0, ?
1948/49:
1948/49:
Old Div 1: ? Lge Cup: ? Scot C: ? All Together: 25, 0, ?
1949/50:
1949/50:
Old Div 2: ? Lge Cup: ? Scot C: ? All Together: 34, 0, ?
1950/51:
1950/51:
Old Div 1: ? Lge Cup: ? Scot C: ? All Together: 36, 0, ?
1951/52:
Old Div 1: ? Lge Cup: ? Scot C: ? All Together: 38, 0, ?
1952/53:
Old Div 2: ? Lge Cup: ? Scot C: ? All Together: 32, 0, ?
Totals:
Totals:
League: ? Lge Cup: ? Scot C: ?
Overall: 191 Starts, 0 Sub App, ? Clean sheets
Overall: 191 Starts, 0 Sub App, ? Clean sheets
These stats are taken from Graeme Ross' Morton Greats. Neil Brown's online database has it as 141 games - I think Brown's site only lists statistics for league matches.
Hall of Fame: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/7089982.stm
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