George Cowell

Albert David George Cowell (1 November 1870 – 27 April 1937) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

George Cowell
Personal information
Full name	Albert David George Cowell
Date of birth	(1870-11-01)1 November 1870
Place of birth	Ballarat East, Victoria
Date of death	27 April 1937(1937-04-27) (aged 66)
Place of death	Ballarat
Original team(s)	Beaufort
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1896	South Ballarat
1898	Collingwood	11 (2)
1899	Carlton	07 (4)
1900	North Melbourne (VFA)	01 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1900.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The third of 12 children born to Edmund Cowell (1843–1918),^[2][3][4] and Caroline Cowell (1841–1910), née Pierpoint,^[5] Albert David George Cowell was born at Ballarat East on 1 November 1870.

George Cowell married Emily Maud Nichols (1869–1942) in early 1894 and they had three children: Charles Aubrey Nicholas Cowell (1894–1917),^[6][7][8] Lydia Amy Isabel Cowell (1896–1971), later Mrs. Hector Godfrey Smith, and George Cowell (1897–1970).

Football

South Ballarat

Originally from Beaufort,^[9] Cowell played with South Ballarat in 1896.^[10][11]

Collingwood

Cowell played 11 games with Collingwood in the 1898 VFL season.^[12]

Carlton

Cowell transferred to Carlton at the start of the 1899 VFL season^[13] and played seven games for the Blues.^[14]

North Melbourne

Cowell then transferred to North Melbourne at the start of the 1900 season^[15] but played only a single senior game for them in Round 1.^[16]

Later life

Cowell worked as a baker and pastrycook, returning to Ballarat after his football career where he died in April 1937.

Notes

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
2. Obituary, The Ballarat Star, (Tuesday, 5 March 1918), p.1.
3. Obituary, The Ballan Times, (Thursday, 7 March 1918), p.2.
4. Walsh, J.H., "Early Ballan, N.51", The Ballan Times, (Thursday, 1 August 1918), p.3.
5. Obituary, The Ballan Times, (Thursday, 12 May 1910), p.2.
6. Australian Casualties: List No.313: Victoria: Missing, The Argus, (Friday, 22 June 1917), p.5.
7. Australian Casualties: List No.328: Victoria: Killed in Action, The Argus, (Saturday, 9 February 1918), p.19.
8. Roll of Honour: Private Charles Aubrey Nicholas Cowell (5880), Australian War Memorial.
9. "FOOTBALL". The Ballarat Star. Vol. 38, no. 11636. Ballarat, Victoria. 18 July 1893. p. 4.
10. "SPORTING NEWS". The Ballarat Star. No. 12529. Ballarat, Victoria. 1 June 1896. p. 4.
11. "SPORTING NEWS". The Ballarat Star. No. 12539. Ballarat, Victoria. 12 June 1896. p. 4.
12. "THE SEASON'S START". The Herald. No. 5559. Melbourne, Victoria. 13 May 1898. p. 3.
13. "FOOTBALL". The Age. No. 13786. Melbourne, Victoria. 11 May 1899. p. 7.
14. "WORLD OF SPORT". The Herald. No. 5918. Melbourne, Victoria. 7 July 1899. p. 3.
15. "FOOTBALL". The Age. No. 14, 090. Melbourne, Victoria. 3 May 1900. p. 3.
16. "FOOTBALL". North Melbourne Courier And West Melbourne Advertiser. Vol. V, no. 240. North Melbourne, Victoria. 11 May 1900. p. 3.

External links

• George Cowell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• George Cowell at AustralianFootball.com
• George Cowell's playing statistics from The VFA Project
• George Cowell's profile at Blueseum
• George Cowell's profile at Collingwood Forever