McCown (disambiguation)

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McCown is a Celtic-language surname.

McCown may refer to:

McCown is a Goidelic surname with several possible etymological origins.

Gaynor McCown Expeditionary Learning School is a public school located in the New Springville section of Staten Island, New York.

McCowns longspur species of bird

The McCown's longspur is a small ground-feeding bird from the family Calcariidae, which also contains the longspurs and snow buntings.

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Company B, 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery (1861-1864) was a Confederate Army artillery battery during the American Civil War. While the unit was assigned to a Tennessee Artillery Regiment, it was originally organized as the McCown Guards or the McCown Guards Artillery, a volunteer company organized in Lafayette County, Arkansas. Also known as: Company A, 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery and/or Dismukes' Battery.

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Luke McCown American football quarterback

Lucas Patrick McCown is a former American football quarterback. He played college football for the Louisiana Tech University Bulldogs, and was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, and a brief stint with Dallas Cowboys. He is the younger brother of current New York Jets quarterback Josh McCown and former Texas A&M quarterback Randy McCown.

Robert Alan "Bob" McCown is an American Canadian radio personality who hosts the Canadian sports talk show of a late afternoon/early evening radio talk show called Prime Time Sports. The program is broadcast from the Toronto-based studio of the Fan 590 and is syndicated nationally in Canada. Since 2004, this radio talk show has also been simulcast on television on Rogers Sportsnet. Since 2009, the show's live stream has been available online in Canada on the FAN590 website.

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James McCown

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