Sandy Cowan

Alexander Cowan, known as Sandy Cowan, was a Canadian lacrosse player who won an Olympic gold medal at the 1904 Summer Olympics. Born on 5 February 1879 in Chesley, Ontario, he spent most of his career with British Columbia teams and was a guest with the Shamrock Lacrosse Club of Winnipeg at the lacrosse tournament in St. Louis, where the team beat the Mohawk Indians and the St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association to win gold for Canada. At the turn of the century he played for the New Westminster Salmonbellies, winning several provincial championships, and then for the Vancouver Lacrosse Club. He retired from active play in 1911 and later served as a lacrosse referee and judge. He died in Victoria, British Columbia, on 8 January 1915, at the age of 35.