{{Short description|English football player and manager (born 1941)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Bruce Stowell |image = |image_size = |caption = |fullname = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|9|20|df=y}} |birth_place = Bradford, England |height = |position = Midfielder |youthyears1 = 1957–1958 |youthclubs1 = Leeds United |youthyears2 = 1958–1959 |youthclubs2 = Bradford City |years1 = 1959–1972 |clubs1 = Bradford City |caps1 = 401 |goals1 = 16 |years2 = 1972–1973 |clubs2 = Rotherham United |caps2 = 16 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 1975–1976 |clubs3 = Pan Hellenic |caps3 = |goals3 = |years4 = 1980 |clubs4 = Blacktown City |caps4 = |goals4 = |totalcaps = 417 |totalgoals = 16 |manageryears1 = 1977 |managerclubs1 = Sydney Olympic |manageryears2 = 1982–1983 |managerclubs2 = Queensland State |manageryears3 = 1991–1993 |managerclubs3 = Newcastle Breakers |manageryears4 = 1994–1996 |managerclubs4 = Brisbane Strikers |manageryears5 = 1999–2000 |managerclubs5 = Johor |manageryears6 = 2002–2007 |managerclubs6 = Queensland Academy of Sport |manageryears7 = 2007–2008 |managerclubs7 = Tasmanian Institute of Sport }} '''Bruce Stowell''' (born 20 September 1941) is an English former football player and manager.
==Playing career== Born in Bradford, Stowell began his career with Leeds United, before signing amateur forms with Bradford City in May 1958.<ref name="BCAFC">{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/BantamsGreats/0,,10266~119703,00.html|title=Bruce Stowell|accessdate=21 June 2011|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809191407/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/BantamsGreats/0%2C%2C10266~119703%2C00.html|archive-date=9 August 2011}}</ref> He became a part-time professional in December 1958, and became fully professional in June 1967.<ref name = "BCAFC"/> Upon turning professional, Stowell became club captain at City.<ref name = "BFB">{{cite web|url=http://www.boyfrombrazil.co.uk/2011/06/bruce-stowell-an-amateur-turned-professional/|title=Bruce Stowell, an amateur turned professional|accessdate=21 June 2011|date=20 June 2011|author=Paul Firth|publisher=Boy From Brazil}}</ref> In October 1970, Stowell played in his 344th Football League game for City, breaking George Robinson's 55-year-old appearance record.<ref name = "BCAFC"/><ref name = "BFB"/> Stowell made a total of 401 appearances for City in the Football League,<ref name = "PW">{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player3/brucestowell.html|title=Bruce Stowell|accessdate=21 June 2011|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database}}</ref> and 437 games for them across all competitions.<ref name = "BFB"/>
Stowell also played for Rotherham United, making 16 appearances in the Football League for them,<ref name = "PW"/> before moving to Australia, where he played for Pan Hellenic and Blacktown City.<ref name = "BCAFC"/><ref name = "APD">{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/S/ST.html|title=Stacey-Stozanovski|accessdate=21 June 2011|publisher=Australian Player Database}}</ref>
==Coaching career== After retiring as a player, Stowell coached Sydney Olympic, spent almost 10 years as Queensland state director of coaching,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lingard|first=John|date=15 August 1993|title=A handshake, a prayer|work=The Sun-Herald}}</ref> Newcastle Breakers<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cockerill|first=Michael|date=14 September 1991|title=New boys' big step to the future|work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Cockerill|first=Michael|date=26 June 1993|title=Stowell quits as Newcastle coach|work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> and Brisbane Strikers.<ref name = "BCAFC"/><ref name = "APD"/>
He also coached in Malaysia,<ref name = "BFB"/> and was the head coach for Johor from 1999 to the end of 2000 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2FZIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iBQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4025%2C4997401|title=Selection headache for Johor coach Darby|date=27 April 2000|accessdate=1 October 2014|publisher=New Straits Times}}</ref><ref name = "NST2">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sldOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VRQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5524%2C972087|title=Johor to put extra man upfront|date=8 August 2000|accessdate=1 October 2014|publisher=New Straits Times |author=Dan Guen Chin}}</ref>
Stowell later returned to Queensland, becoming head football coach of the Queensland Academy of Sport.<ref>{{cite news|last=Legg|first=Garry|date=13 October 2002|title=Five Maroons hop into Joeys spotlight|work=The Sunday Mail}}</ref>
He remained there until 2007, when he joined the Tasmanian Institute of Sport.<ref>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Adam|date=26 May 2007|title=Tassie soccer nets a winner|work=The Mercury}}</ref> His tenure there finished a year later.<ref>{{cite news|date=15 August 2007|title=Dean to give TIS soccer a lift|work=Launceston Examiner}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. managers}}
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