About Alan Gowans
Lived 1899 – 1965 (aged 66). Alan Gowans was an American american football player.
Alan Oswald 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. Gowans was also the head basketball coach at Macalester in 1936–37.
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.
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Who was Alan Gowans?
American football and basketball coach
When was Alan Gowans born?
Alan Gowans was born on 28 January 1899.
When did Alan Gowans die?
Alan Gowans died on 14 June 1965 in Minneapolis.
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Alan Gowans was an american football player.
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Alan Gowans was American.
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