Bob Cowan (curler)
| Bob Cowan | |
|---|---|
| ♂ | |
| Other names | Robert A. Cowan[1] |
| Born | c. 1947 (age 76–77) |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Magnum CC, Irvine |
Curling career  | |
| Member Association |  Scotland |
| World Championship appearances | 1 (1983) |
Medal record | |
Robert A. Cowan (born c. 1947)[2] is a Scottish curler, journalist, curling historian, blogger.
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
[edit]Men's
[edit]| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980–81 | Graeme P. Adam | Ken J. Horton | Robert A. Cowan | Robin J. Copland | EdInt 1981  [1]
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| 1981–82 | Graeme P. Adam | Ken J. Horton | Andrew McQuistin | Robert A. Cowan | EdInt 1982 [1]
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| 1982–83 | Graeme Adam | Ken Horton | Andrew McQuistin | Bob Cowan | SMCC 1983 WCC 1983 (5th) |
Mixed
[edit]| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979–80 | Graeme Adam | Kerr Graham | Carolyn Hibberd | Bob Cowan | Alison Brown | SMxCC 1980 
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Edinburgh International – Past Winners". Archived from the original on 14 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Sweeping up". Regina Leader-Post. 15 April 1983. p. 24. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ David B. Smith died in 2015
Further reading
[edit]- Curling and the Silver Broom: the story of the World Curling Championship (1985). Bob Cowan, 174 pages, ISBN 9780862670917, ASIN 0862670918
External links
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