Bruce Stowell

Bruce Stowell

Personal information
Date of birth	(1941-09-20) 20 September 1941 (age 81)
Place of birth	Bradford, England
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1957–1958	Leeds United
1958–1959	Bradford City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1972	Bradford City	401	(16)
1972–1973	Rotherham United	16	(0)
1975–1976	Pan Hellenic
1980	Blacktown City
Total		417	(16)
Managerial career
1977	Sydney Olympic
1982–1983	Queensland State
1991–1993	Newcastle Breakers
1994–1996	Brisbane Strikers
1999–2000	Johor
2002–2007	Queensland Academy of Sport
2007–2008	Tasmanian Institute of Sport
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bruce Stowell (born 20 September 1941) is an English former football player and manager.

Playing career

Born in Bradford, Stowell began his career with Leeds United, before signing amateur forms with Bradford City in May 1958. ^[1] He became a part-time professional in December 1958, and became fully professional in June 1967. ^[1] Upon turning professional, Stowell became club captain at City. ^[2] In October 1970, Stowell played in his 344th Football League game for City, breaking George Robinson's 55-year-old appearance record. ^{[1] [2]} Stowell made a total of 401 appearances for City in the Football League, ^[3] and 437 games for them across all competitions. ^[2]

Stowell also played for Rotherham United, making 16 appearances in the Football League for them, ^[3] before moving to Australia, where he played for Pan Hellenic and Blacktown City. ^{[1] [4]}

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Stowell coached Sydney Olympic, spent almost 10 years as Queensland state director of coaching, ^[5] Newcastle Breakers ^{[6] [7]} and Brisbane Strikers. ^{[1] [4]}

He also coached in Malaysia, ^[2] and was the head coach for Johor from 1999 to the end of 2000 season. ^{[8] [9]}

Stowell later returned to Queensland, becoming head football coach of the Queensland Academy of Sport. ^[10]

He remained there until 2007, when he joined the Tasmanian Institute of Sport. ^[11] His tenure there finished a year later. ^[12]

References

1. "Bruce Stowell". Bradford City A.F.C. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
2. Paul Firth (20 June 2011). "Bruce Stowell, an amateur turned professional". Boy From Brazil. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
3. "Bruce Stowell". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
4. "Stacey-Stozanovski". Australian Player Database. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
5. Lingard, John (15 August 1993). "A handshake, a prayer". The Sun-Herald.
6. Cockerill, Michael (14 September 1991). "New boys' big step to the future". The Sydney Morning Herald.
7. Cockerill, Michael (26 June 1993). "Stowell quits as Newcastle coach". The Sydney Morning Herald.
8. "Selection headache for Johor coach Darby". New Straits Times. 27 April 2000. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
9. Dan Guen Chin (8 August 2000). "Johor to put extra man upfront". New Straits Times . Retrieved 1 October 2014.
10. Legg, Garry (13 October 2002). "Five Maroons hop into Joeys spotlight". The Sunday Mail.
11. Smith, Adam (26 May 2007). "Tassie soccer nets a winner". The Mercury.
12. "Dean to give TIS soccer a lift". Launceston Examiner. 15 August 2007.