PropertyValue
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Hector Cowan
rdfs:comment
  • Cowan played football for the Princeton Tigers from 1885 to 1889. While at Princeton, he had several games against William "Pudge" Heffelfinger of Yale who said Cowan had "the strongest shoulders and arms I've ever been up against and his stubby legs drove like pistons when he carried the ball..."
confstanding
  • 2
  • T–1st
  • T–3rd
CFbDWID
  • 459
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CFBHOF year
  • 1951
Poll
  • no
EndYear
  • 1896
  • single
Birth Date
  • 1863-07-12
player years
  • 1885
death place
Legend
  • no
overall record
  • 18
Name
Type
  • coach
Sport
CFBHOF id
  • 88002
Caption
  • Cowan at Princeton during his playing years
Conference
  • 1
  • 2
Ranking
  • no
Alternative Names
  • Cowan, Hector William; Cowan, Hec
Overall
  • 1
  • 4
  • 6
  • 7
  • 17
  • 18
Date of Death
  • 1941-10-19
Championship
  • conference
player teams
Birth Place
coach years
  • 1888
  • 1894
conf
StartYear
  • 1888
  • 1894
Awards
death date
  • 1941-10-19
Place of Birth
  • Hobart, New York
coach teams
Place of death
  • Stamford, New York
ConfRecord
  • 5
ID
  • 88002
bcs
  • no
Championships
  • 1
Date of Birth
  • 1863-07-12
Short Description
  • American football player and coach
player positions
Year
  • 1888
  • 1894
  • 1895
  • 1896
abstract
  • Cowan played football for the Princeton Tigers from 1885 to 1889. While at Princeton, he had several games against William "Pudge" Heffelfinger of Yale who said Cowan had "the strongest shoulders and arms I've ever been up against and his stubby legs drove like pistons when he carried the ball..."