John Cowne

NFL player

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DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1962|05|23
Birthplace= Fairfax, VA
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College=Virginia Tech
Position=Center
number=54
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years=1987
teams=Washington Redskins
DatabaseFootball=COWNEJOH01
PFR=CownJo20
NFL=COW726754

John Kendall Cowne (born May 23, 1962 in Fairfax, Virginia) is a former American football center, primarily a long snapper on special teams. He attended Brentsville District High School and played college football at Virginia Tech in the early 1980s. [Doughty, Doug. " [http://www.roanoke.com/sports/notebookplus/wb/24444 Greenberg makes calculated move] ". "Roanoke Times", May 27, 2005.]

Cowne briefly made it to the National Football League with the Washington Redskins. He was on the team's roster for three games in 1987, playing weeks four to six as one of the replacement players hired during the National Football League Players Association strike that year. Due to the playoff success of the Redskins after rosters were restored, Cowne and other replacement players received bonus checks for their contributions towards the Redskins win. [Markon, John. "Subskins: Memories, Magic, and Maybe More Money." "Richmond Times-Dispatch", January 24, 1988.] Cowne was only the third Hokie to play for the Redskins when signed in 1987. [Bogaczyk, Jack. "Smith Takes a Knee." "Roanoke Times", July 28, 1999.] He had previously gone to training camp for the 1987 season with the San Diego Chargers before being waived at the end of preseason. ["Deals." The Seattle Times, August 28, 1987.]

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