Doug Cowie (footballer)

Doug Cowie
Personal information
Full name	Douglas Cowie
Date of birth	1 May 1926 (1926-05-01) (age 85)
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	Caledonian Juveniles
–	Aberdeen St Clement's
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1945–1961	Dundee	341	(20)
1961–1963	Greenock Morton	61	(9)
National team
1953–1958	Scotland	20	(0)
1953–1956	Scottish League XI	3	(0)
Teams managed
1963–1964	Raith Rovers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Douglas "Doug" Cowie (born 1 May 1926) is a former Scottish footballer who played for Dundee, Greenock Morton and the Scotland national team. He played initially as a central defender but later converted to a left half.

Signed for Dundee by manager George Anderson, Cowie went on to play 341 times for Dundee, many of them as captain. He was part of the Dundee side that won back-to-back League Cup's in 1951-52 and 1952-53 and also played in the 1952 Scottish Cup Final. He was also a member of the Dundee side that missed out on winning the League Championship by one point in season 1948-49.

Cowie won all 20 of his Scotland caps while with Dundee. He made his international debut against England in April 1953. He was involved in Scotland's first two World Cup appearances, playing both matches in 1954 and two of three matches in 1958. Scotland's 3-2 defeat to Paraguay at the 1958 World Cup was his final appearance for Scotland. He also appeared once for the Scotland B team and three times for the Scottish League representative team.^[1]

Cowie left Dundee in 1961 and had a two-year spell with Greenock Morton as a player-coach. He was Raith Rovers manager for the 1963-64 season but left the Kirkcaldy club to rejoin the Morton coaching staff in the summer of 1964. He later worked at Dundee United in coaching and scouting capacities.

On 3 April 2009, Cowie was inducted into Dundee's Hall of Fame.^[2]

References

^ "Doug Cowie". Londonhearts.com (London Hearts Supporters' Club). http://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/dougcowie.html. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
^ "Hall of Fame - Tribute to heroes". dundeefc.co.uk. http://www.dundeefc.co.uk/news_detail.asp?ID=2678. Retrieved April 4, 2009.

External links

Profile at Dundee-Mad.co.uk

Scotland squad – 1954 FIFA World Cup

1 Martin 2 Cunningham 3 Aird 4 Evans 5 Docherty 6 Davidson 7 Cowie 8 Mackenzie 9 Hamilton 10 Brown 11 Mochan 12 Fernie 13 Ormond 14 Anderson 15 Johnstone 16 Henderson 17 Mathers 18 Wilson 19 Binning 20 Combe 21 Copland 22 McMillan Coach: Beattie

Scotland squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup

1 Younger 2 Brown 3 Parker 4 Caldow 5 Hewie 6 Haddock 7 McColl 8 Turnbull 9 Evans 10 Docherty 11 Mackay 12 Cowie 13 Baird 14 Leggat 15 Scott 16 Murray 17 Mudie 18 Coyle 19 Collins 20 Robertson 21 Imlach 22 Fernie Coach: Walker

Raith Rovers F.C. – managers

Hodge (1907–12)
Tod (1912–13)
Richardson (1913–16)
Hodge (1916–19)
Logan (1919–26)
G. Wilson (1926–27)
Birrell (1927–30)
Logan (1930–33)
Bennie (1933–34)
Archibald (1934–39)
Reekie (1939–45)
Herdman (1945–61)
Shaw (1961–62)
Conn (1963–64)
Cowie (1963–64)
Farm (1964–67)
Walker (1967–69)
Millar (1969–70)
Baxter (1970–71)
Farm (1971–74)
Paton (1974–75)
Matthew (1975–78)
W. McLean (1978–79)
Wallace (1979–83)
B. Wilson (1983–86)
Connor (1986–90)
Nicholl (1990–96)
Thomson (1996)
T. McLean (1996)
Munro (1996–97)
Nicholl (1997–99)
McVeigh (1999)
Hetherston (1999–2001)
Scott (2001–02)
Calderón (2002–04)
Anelka (2004)
Dalziel (2004–06)
Levein (2006)
McGlynn (2006–)

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Name	Cowie, Doug
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Date of birth	1 May 1926
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
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