Alan Gowans (American football)
Appearance
Biographical details | |
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Born | January 28, 1899 |
Died | June 14, 1965 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | (aged 66)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1920–1921 | Cornell (IA) |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1922–1924 | Emmetsburg HS (IA) |
1925 | Ottawa (assistant) |
1926–1928 | Des Moines |
1930–1936 | Macalester |
1937–1953 | Minneapolis Roosevelt HS (MN) |
Basketball | |
1936–1937 | Macalester |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 24–46–6 (college football) |
Alan O. Gowans (January 28, 1899 – June 14, 1965) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Des Moines University in Des Moines, Iowa from 1926 to 1928 and Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota from 1930 to 1936.[1] Gowans was also the head basketball coach at Macalester in 1936–37.[2]
Gowans was a native of Emmetsburg, Iowa. He earned a master's degree at the University of Minnesota. After leaving Macalester, Gowans coached football at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis. He died of cancer on June 14, 1965, in Minneapolis.[3]
Head coaching record
[edit]College football
[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Des Moines Tigers (North Central Conference) (1926) | |||||||||
1926 | Des Moines | 2–7 | 1–4 | 7th | |||||
Des Moines Tigers (Independent) (1927–1928) | |||||||||
1927 | Des Moines | 4–6–1 | |||||||
1928 | Des Moines | 4–4–1 | |||||||
Des Moines: | 10–17–2 | 1–4 | |||||||
Macalester Scots (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1930–1936) | |||||||||
1930 | Macalester | 5–2 | 3–2 | T–3rd | |||||
1931 | Macalester | 4–2–1 | 2–2–1 | 5th | |||||
1932 | Macalester | 1–4–1 | 1–3–1 | 7th | |||||
1933 | Macalester | 1–5 | 1–4 | 8th | |||||
1934 | Macalester | 1–5–1 | 1–3–1 | 7th | |||||
1935 | Macalester | 1–5–1 | 0–3–1 | T–6th | |||||
1936 | Macalester | 1–6 | 1–4 | T–7th | |||||
Macalester: | 14–29–4 | 9–21–4 | |||||||
Total: | 24–46–6 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Alan Gowans". Cornell Rams. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Gowans leads Mac to Hoops Crown". The Concordian. March 18, 1937. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Gowans Services Thursday". Des Moines Tribune. Des Moines, Iowa. June 16, 1965. p. 23. Retrieved December 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
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