Jay MacDowell

{{Short description|American football player (1919–1992)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Jay MacDowell

| number = 85, 88

| position = Tackle
Defensive end

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|9|14|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1992|6|15|1919|9|14}}

| death_place = Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 217

| high_school = Oak Park and River Forest
(Oak Park, Illinois)

| college = Washington

| draftyear = 1941

| draftround = 3

| draftpick = 19

| pastteams =

• Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|1946|1951}})

| highlights =

• 2× NFL champion (1948, 1949)
• First-team All-American (1940)
• 3× First-team All-PCC (1938, 1939, 1940)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 62

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 38

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 6

| pfr = MacDJa20

}}

Jay Sidney MacDowell (September 14, 1919 – June 15, 1992) was an American football player who played tackle and end for six seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MacDJa20.htm|title = Jay MacDowell Stats| website=Pro-Football-Reference.com }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/players/jaymacdowell/profile?id=MAC1748560|title = NFL Players | Past & Current NFL Players| website=NFL.com }} He was selected by the Cleveland Rams in the first round of the 1941 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1941 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1941/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

After graduating from college, he entered the Army Air Corps as a first lieutenant and was at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked Dec. 7, 1941.{{cite news |title=Wayback Machine: Washington's 'Strauss Boys' |url=https://www.sportspressnw.com/2193773/2014/wayback-machine-washingtons-strauss-boys |access-date=13 March 2024}}

After the war, he did postgraduate work at Michigan State University for a year before going to play for the Philadelphia Eagles.