Frank McEwan
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francis Fowler McEwan[1] | ||
Date of birth | 28 August 1915 | ||
Place of birth | Airdrie, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 21 September 1944[1] | (aged 29)||
Place of death | Donk, Belgium | ||
Position(s) | Inside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1935 | Whitburn Junior | ||
1935–1938 | Airdrieonians | 59 | (22) |
1938–1944 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
1942 | → Hamilton Academical (guest) | 4 | (0) |
1942 | → Airdrieonians (guest) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Francis Fowler McEwan (28 August 1915 – 21 September 1944) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Airdrieonians as a forward.[2][3]
Personal life
[edit]At the outbreak of the Second World War, McEwan enlisted in the British Army.[4] As a rifleman in the Rifle Brigade, he was deployed to Europe in July 1944 and died of wounds in the area of Donk on 21 September 1944.[1][4] He was buried in Mol Communal Cemetery.[1]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Airdrieonians | 1935–36[2] | Scottish First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
1936–37[2] | Scottish Second Division | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 9 | |
1937–38[2] | Scottish Second Division | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 11 | |
1938–39[2] | Scottish Second Division | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
Career total | 59 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 22 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ "McEwan, Frank (1942)". Hamilton Academical Memory Bank. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Rifleman McEwan, Francis Fowler". Battle For The Locks. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
Categories:
- 1944 deaths
- Footballers from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire
- Military personnel from North Lanarkshire
- Rifle Brigade soldiers
- Scottish men's footballers
- Scottish Football League players
- Men's association football inside forwards
- Whitburn F.C. players
- Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) wartime guest players
- Hamilton Academical F.C. wartime guest players
- Scottish military personnel killed in action
- British Army personnel killed in World War II
- Scottish football forward, 1910s birth stubs
- 1915 births