Bob Cowan
Curler
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Other namesRobert A. Cowan[1]
Team
Curling clubMagnum CC, Irvine
Curling career
Member Association Scotland
World Championship
appearances		1 (1983)
Medal record
Curling
Scottish Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1983

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

Men's

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1980–81 Graeme P. AdamKen J. HortonRobert A. CowanRobin J. CoplandEdInt 1981 1st place, gold medalist(s)[1]
1981–82 Graeme P. AdamKen J. HortonAndrew McQuistinRobert A. CowanEdInt 1982 1st place, gold medalist(s)[1]
1982–83 Graeme AdamKen HortonAndrew McQuistinBob CowanSMCC 1983 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1983 (5th)

Mixed

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1979–80 Graeme AdamKerr GrahamCarolyn HibberdBob CowanAlison BrownSMxCC 1980 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Edinburgh International – Past Winners". Archived from the original on 14 July 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Sweeping up". Regina Leader-Post. 15 April 1983. p. 24. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  3. ↑ David B. Smith died in 2015

Further reading

  • Curling and the Silver Broom: the story of the World Curling Championship (1985). Bob Cowan, 174 pages, ISBN 9780862670917, ASIN 0862670918


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