Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Gary Rowell Biography and Timeline

Follow Gary Rowell through 2 dated historical records for Great Britain.

Gary Rowell, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

2Distinct records
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1976–1980Years on this page

1976

Sunderland Promotion-Year Young Forward

Forward · Sunderland · Sport / Football

Rowell becomes a youthful attacking option as Sunderland win the Second Division title and gain promotion under Bob Stokoe.

1980

Rowell and Another Top Flight Return

Forward · Sunderland · Sport / Football

Rowell adds goals to the Sunderland side that earns promotion back to the First Division under Ken Knighton.

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.