Cowan's most famous performance was for Scotland against England in a 3-1 win in 1949. His performance that day was so impressive that the game came to be known as 'Cowan's Match'.
Cowan is a Morton legend who holds the record for the most capped Morton player with 25 Scotland appearances - in each of which he wore his Morton top under his Scotland top. According to Graeme Ross' book Morton Greats he made 191 Morton appearances between 1946 and 1953 before signing for Sunderland for £9,000 in 1953. He gained a further two caps at Sunderland before joining Third Lanark and retiring in 1956.
In 2005 he finished third in a BBC poll for Morton's Cult Hero. Andy Ritchie and Allan McGraw were first and second respectively.
http://sport.scotsman.com/football.cfm?id=1789362007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/football_focus/4382367.stm
http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/article.php?sec=2&id=16919
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