Frank McEwan

Not to be confused with Frank McEwen.

Frank McEwan
Personal information
Full name Francis Fowler McEwan[1]
Date of birth 28 August 1915
Place of birth Airdrie, Scotland
Date of death 21 September 1944(1944-09-21) (aged 29)[1]
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

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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
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

  1. ^ a b c d "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  3. ^ "McEwan, Frank (1942)". Hamilton Academical Memory Bank. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Rifleman McEwan, Francis Fowler". Battle For The Locks. Retrieved 10 December 2020.


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