Alfred O. “Bull” Cowan

ALFRED O. “BULL” COWAN

1923 GRADUATE OF MINEOLA HIGH SCHOOL

FOOTBALL: POSITION – HALF BACK

ONE OF THE MOST FEARED BACKS IN THE EAST TEXAS AREA. HARD TO TACKLE BECAUSE HE RAN EXTREMELY FAST AND WITH A “HIGH KNEE” ACTION.

FIELD AND TRACK:

BROAD JUMP, HIGH JUMP, 220 YARD LOW HURDLE, 220 YARD DASH, 100 YARD DASH

JUNIOR CLASS – VICE PRESIDENT

MINEOLA LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY: SERGEANT AT ARMS

ATTENDED BURLESON COLLEGE IN GREENVILLE, TEXAS WHERE HE PLAYED FOOTBALL.

1926 GRADUATE OF UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.

1928 GRADUATE OF TEXAS DENTAL COLLEGE IN HOUSTON. RETURNED TO MINEOLA AND PRACTICED DENISTRY IN BOTH HAWKINS AND MINEOLA.

MARRIED CONNIE MAE THORP IN 1927 AND RAISED HIS FAMILY OF ONE SON AND FOUR DAUGHTERS IN MINEOLA. DIED DECEMBER 19, 1963.

INDUCTED 1995