Ian Cowan (27 November 1944 – 8 November 2016), nicknamed "Cowboy", was a Scottish footballer who played as a right winger.

Career

Cowan started his career with

Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...

in 1959 before moving to

Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. ...

in 1961 where he made nearly 100 appearances for the

Firhill Firhill Stadium is a football and former rugby union, rugby league and greyhound racing stadium located in the Maryhill area of Glasgow, Scotland which has been the home of Partick Thistle since 1909. The stadium is commonly referred to as simp ...

club. He then moved on to

St Johnstone St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland which is a member of the Scottish Premiership for the 2022–23 season. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun ''aka'' Saint Johnstoun – an old ...

before returning to Falkirk. Subsequently, Cowan turned out for Dunfermline Athletic, Southend United,

K.V. Oostende Koninklijke Voetbalclub Oostende, also called KV Oostende () or KVO, is a Belgian football club from the city of Ostend, West Flanders in Belgium. The team was founded in 1904 as ''VG Oostende'' and has the matricule No. 31. History In 1911, an ...

and

Albion Rovers Albion Rovers Football Club is a semi-professional football team from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. They are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League Two, the fourth tier of the Scotti ...

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* 1944 births 2016 deaths Falkirk F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Southend United F.C. players St Johnstone F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Albion Rovers F.C. players Rutherglen Glencairn F.C. players Camelon Juniors F.C. players K.V. Oostende players Association football wingers Scottish footballers Scottish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Scottish Football League players English Football League players Whitburn Junior F.C. players {{Scotland-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub