Bill Cowden

Bill Cowden

William "Bill" Cowden (September 6, 1920–October 17, 2007) was an American basketball player.

A 6'3" guard from San Francisco, California, Cowden played collegiately for Stanford University.cite book|last=Migdol|first=Gary|title=Stanford: Home of Champions|pages=p. 135|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ntBDmB_fYo8C|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|date=1997 |location= |isbn=1571671161|accessdate = 2008-01-18] In 1942, Cowden was team captain and led Stanford to the 1942 NCAA Championship, in which he played all 40 minutes and scored 5 points.cite web|url=http://www.ncaasports.com/basketball/mens/history/yearbyyear/1942|title=1942 NCAA Tournament Championship Game|publisher=NCAA|accessdate=2008-01-18] cite web|url=http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2008/janfeb/classnotes/obituaries.html|title=Obituaries|publisher=Stanford Alumni Association|work=Stanford Magazine|accessdate=2008-01-18|date=January/February 2008]

After his basketball career, Cowden worked for Pan Am and served as director of their Southeast Asia office. He and his wife Beverly had three sons. He is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. Cowden, the last surviving member of Stanford's only NCAA championship basketball team, died in San Francisco in 2007.

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