Bob Cowan (curler)

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Bob Cowan
 
Other namesRobert A. Cowan [1]
Bornc. 1947 (age 7677)
Team
Curling clubMagnum CC, Irvine
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
World Championship
appearances
1 (1983)
Medal record
Curling
Scottish Men's Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1983

Robert A. Cowan (born c. 1947) [2] is a Scottish curler, journalist, curling historian, blogger.

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At the national level, he is a 1983 Scottish men's champion curler.

He is the co-founder of The Curling History Blog (co-founded in 2008 with David B. Smith [3] ), one of the main sources about curling history (mainly in Scotland, the United Kingdom, and Europe). He is the author of several books about curling history.

At the time of the 1983 World Championships he was a part-time sports writer for the Glasgow Herald and a lecturer in clinical biochemistry at the University of Glasgow. [2]

Teams

Men's

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadEvents
1980–81 Graeme P. Adam Ken J. Horton Robert A. Cowan Robin J. Copland EdInt 1981 Gold medal icon.svg [1]
1981–82Graeme P. AdamKen J. Horton Andrew McQuistin Robert A. CowanEdInt 1982 Gold medal icon.svg [1]
1982–83 Graeme Adam Ken Horton Andrew McQuistin Bob Cowan SMCC 1983 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 1983 (5th)

Mixed

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadEvents
1979–80 Graeme Adam Kerr GrahamCarolyn HibberdBob CowanAlison Brown SMxCC 1980 Silver medal icon.svg

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Edinburgh International – Past Winners". Archived from the original on 14 July 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Sweeping up". Regina Leader-Post. 15 April 1983. p. 24. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  3. David B. Smith died in 2015

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