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Scottish footballer Not to be confused with Frank McEwen.

Frank McEwan
Personal information
Full name	Francis Fowler McEwan
Date of birth	28 August 1915
Place of birth	Airdrie, Scotland
Date of death	21 September 1944(1944-09-21) (aged 29)
Place of death	Donk, Belgium
Position(s)	Inside left
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1935	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.

Personal life

At the outbreak of the Second World War, McEwan enlisted in the British Army. 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. He was buried in Mol Communal Cemetery.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Airdrieonians	1935–36	Scottish First Division	3	0	0	0	3	0
	1936–37	Scottish Second Division	20	9	0	0	20	9
	1937–38	Scottish Second Division	28	11	0	0	28	11
	1938–39	Scottish Second Division	8	2	0	0	8	2
Career total			59	22	0	0	59	22

References

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

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