Stuart Cowden

Stuart Cowden
Personal information
Full name Stuart Cowden[1]
Date of birth February 1925[1]
Place of birth Alsager, England[1]
Date of death January 2016 (aged 90)
Playing position Half back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Stoke Boy's Club
1942–1946 Stoke City 0 (0)
1947–1954 Witton Albion 374
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Stuart Cowden (February 1925 – January 2016) was an English footballer who played for Stoke City.[1]

Career

Cowden joined Stoke City during World War II and went on to become a regular in the War League playing 50 matches.[1] His only senior match came in the FA Cup during the 1945–46 season where he played in a 3–1 win against Burnley.[1] He left the club at the end of the season after he decided to work at Rolls-Royce Limited in Crewe where he stayed for 50 years.[1] He continued to play football for non-league Witton Albion.[1] He died in January 2016, a few weeks short of his 91st birthday.[2]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City[1] 1945–46 001010
Career Total 001010

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ↑ "Oldest surviving player Stuart Cowden passes away". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
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