Albert David George Cowell (1 November 1870 – 27 April 1937) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family The third of 12 children born to Edmund Cowell (1843–1918),Obituary, The Ballarat Star, (Tuesday, 5 March 1918), p.1.Obituary, The Ballan Times, (Thursday, 7 March 1918), p.2.Walsh, J.H., "Early Ballan, N.51", The Ballan Times, (Thursday, 1 August 1918), p.3. and Caroline Cowell (1841–1910), née Pierpoint,Obituary, The Ballan Times, (Thursday, 12 May 1910), p.2. Albert David George Cowell was born at Ballarat East on 1 November 1870.
George Cowell married Emily Maud Nichols (1869–1942) in early 1894 and they had three children: Charles Aubrey Nicholas Cowell (1894–1917),Australian Casualties: List No.313: Victoria: Missing, The Argus, (Friday, 22 June 1917), p.5.Australian Casualties: List No.328: Victoria: Killed in Action, The Argus, (Saturday, 9 February 1918), p.19.Roll of Honour: Private Charles Aubrey Nicholas Cowell (5880), Australian War Memorial. Lydia Amy Isabel Cowell (1896–1971), later Mrs. Hector Godfrey Smith, and George Cowell (1897–1970).
Football South Ballarat Originally from Beaufort, Cowell played with South Ballarat in 1896.
Collingwood Cowell played 11 games with Collingwood in the 1898 VFL season.
Carlton Cowell transferred to Carlton at the start of the 1899 VFL season and played seven games for the Blues.
North Melbourne Cowell then transferred to North Melbourne at the start of the 1900 season but played only a single senior game for them in Round 1.
Later life Cowell worked as a baker and pastrycook, returning to Ballarat after his football career where he died in April 1937.
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George Cowell's playing statistics from The VFA Project George Cowell's profile at Blueseum George Cowell's profile at Collingwood Forever