Stuart Cowden (February 1925 – January 2016) was an English

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who played for

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Career

Cowden joined

during

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and went on to become a regular in the War League playing 50 matches. His only senior match came in the

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during the 1945–46 season where he played in a 3–1 win against

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. He left the club at the end of the season after he decided to work at

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where he stayed for 50 years. He continued to play football for non-league Witton Albion. He died in January 2016, a few weeks short of his 91st birthday.

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Stuart Cowden at thisisstaffordshire.co.uk {{DEFAULTSORT:Cowden, Stuart English men's footballers Stoke City F.C. players 1925 births 2016 deaths Witton Albion F.C. players Men's association football wing halves People from Alsager Footballers from Cheshire 20th-century English sportsmen