Gary Rowell

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Gary Rowell, (born June 6, 1957), is a football commentator for Metro Radio and a former football player.

Went to school in Seaham, and joined Sunderland as an apprentice in 1972. For much of his career (1972–84) he was a centre forward for Sunderland A.F.C., his local team and for whom he was the record season goal scorer until Kevin Phillips in the late 1990s and early 21st century. Famous for scoring a hat-trick in a 4-1 win away at Newcastle United in February 1979. Gary was a talented player who many Sunderland supporters felt could have, in time, been 'fully' capped by England but for the disruption caused to his career by a serious knee injury sustained in March 1979.

In 2005 he was voted Sunderland's all-time cult hero on the BBC television programme Football Focus.

[edit] Career

Sunderland: 1972–1984, 293 appearances, 102 goals
Norwich City: 1984–1985, 6 appearances, 1 goal
Middlesbrough: 1985–1986, 27 appearances, 10 goals
Brighton: 1986–1987, 12 appearances
Carlisle United: 1988, 7 appearances
Burnley: 1988–1989, 19 appearances, 1 goal