Stanley Cowie (1890 – August 1927) was an English professional
footballer
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. An
inside right
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, he played in the
Football League
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for
Blackpool
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and was also on the books of
Exeter City
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. His body was "found in the
River Tyne
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with his hands and feet tied with cord" in August 1927.
Cowie's death was ruled "suicide while of unsound mind".
References
1890 births
1927 deaths
Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne
English men's footballers
Blackpool F.C. players
Exeter City F.C. players
Barry Town United F.C. players
Men's association football inside forwards
Suicides by drowning in England
1927 suicides
20th-century English sportsmen
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