Johnny McGowan

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Johnny McGowan
Personal information
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[edit]

  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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