Ern Cowley
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Ern Cowley
| image = Ern Cowley 1918-1919.jpg
| caption = Cowley during his Carlton career
| fullname = Ernest Clyde Cowley
| birth_date = 17 August 1892
| birth_place = Brunswick East, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|10|20|1892|8|17|df=yes}}
| death_place = Ivanhoe, Victoria
| originalteam = Brunswick
| height = 178 cm
| weight = 72 kg
| position = Forward
| statsend = 1919
| years1 = 1918–1919
| club1 = Carlton
| games_goals1 = 24 (51)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Ernest Clyde Cowley (17 August 1892 – 20 October 1975){{cite web |url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Ern%2BCowley/3535 |title=Ern Cowley – Player Bio |publisher=Australian Football|access-date=13 December 2014}} was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite web|url=http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Ern+Cowley|title=Ern Cowley|publisher=Blueseum – Online Carlton Football Club Museum|access-date=7 September 2014}}
Background
Cowley came to Carlton from Brunswick and had a strong debut season, kicking 35 goals to top the VFL's goalkicking. He played just one more year with Carlton before returning to the VFA where he joined Prahran. Cowley was also a proficient baseball pitcher who represented Victoria in interstate competition.{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|publication-place=Melbourne|title=Medal for "Austus" inventor|page=11|date=12 July 1944}}
Cowley invented the football game called "Austus", a combination of Australian and American football which was played between Australians and visiting American servicemen during World War II. He was a journalist with the Sporting Globe and wrote on American sports, particularly baseball.
References
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- {{AFL Tables|ref=E/Ern_Cowley.html}}
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
{{VFL Leading Goalkicker Medal winners}}
{{Carlton leading goalkickers}}
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Category:Carlton Football Club players
Category:Brunswick Football Club players
Category:Prahran Football Club players
Category:VFL Leading Goalkicker Medal winners
Category:Australian sports journalists
Category:People from Brunswick, Victoria
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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