Johnny McGowan
Irish footballer
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1920-06-08)8 June 1920[1] | ||
Place of birth | Passage, Cork | ||
Date of death | 30 March 2010(2010-03-30) (aged 89) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Cobh Wanderers[2] | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Cork United | |||
West Ham United | |||
International career | |||
1947 | Republic of Ireland | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Johnny McGowan (8 June 1920 – 30 March 2010) was a Republic of Ireland soccer international, who played with the Cork United team which dominated domestic Irish soccer in the 1940s. He also had a short spell in England with West Ham United.
He was also for many years a manager in the League of Ireland.
McGowan was a full back or centre half and was capped once for the Republic of Ireland at senior level in a 3–2 win over Spain in Dalymount Park on 2 March 1947.
References
External links
- Profile from soccerscene.ie
- Obituary FAI
- Johnny McGowan at National-Football-Teams.com
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