Bruce Stowell (born 20 September 1941) is an English former

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player and manager.

Playing career

Born in

Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...

, Stowell began his career with

Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at Elland Road S ...

, before signing amateur forms with

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. Th ...

in May 1958. He became a part-time professional in December 1958, and became fully professional in June 1967. Upon turning professional, Stowell became club captain at City. In October 1970, Stowell played in his 344th

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game for City, breaking George Robinson's 55-year-old appearance record. Stowell made a total of 401 appearances for City in the Football League, and 437 games for them across all competitions. Stowell also played for

Rotherham United Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is a professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The club's colours were initially yellow and black, but changed to red and white around 1 ...

, making 16 appearances in the Football League for them, before moving to Australia, where he played for Pan Hellenic and

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Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Stowell coached

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, spent almost 10 years as Queensland state director of coaching,

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and

Brisbane Strikers Brisbane Strikers Football Club is an Australian semi-professional football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in 1991 as Brisbane United, the club competed in the National Soccer League until the 2003–04 season and was one of two ...

. He also coached in Malaysia, and was the head coach for

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from 1999 to the end of 2000 season. Stowell later returned to Queensland, becoming head football coach of the

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. He remained there until 2007, when he joined the Tasmanian Institute of Sport. His tenure there finished a year later.

References

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