Johnny McGowan

Johnny McGowan
Personal information
Date of birth 8 June 1920[1]
Place of birth Passage, Cork
Date of death 30 March 2010
Playing position Defender
Youth career
Cobh Wanderers[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Cork United
West Ham United
National team
1947 Republic of Ireland 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Johnny McGowan 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

  1. ↑ "Ireland's Greatest", Dean Hayes, Appletree Press, 2006, ISBN 0 86281 995 4
  2. ↑ "Ireland's Greatest", Dean Hayes, Appletree Press, 2006, ISBN 0 86281 995 4


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