| Duck Dowell | |
| Birth Date: | 14 August 1912 |
| Birth Place: | Gilman City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Yucca Valley, California, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1929–1931 |
| Player Team2: | NW Missouri State |
| Player Sport3: | Basketball |
| Player Years4: | 1928–1932 |
| Player Team4: | NW Missouri State |
| Player Years5: | 1936–1937 |
| Player Team5: | Denver Piggly Wigglies |
| Player Years6: | 1937–1938 |
| Player Team6: | Akron Firestone Non-Skids |
| Player Positions: | Forward / center (basketball) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1951–1952 |
| Coach Team2: | Pepperdine |
| Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
| Coach Years4: | 1945–1947 |
| Coach Team4: | High school |
| Coach Years5: | 1947–1948 |
| Coach Team5: | Modesto JC |
| Coach Years6: | 1948–1968 |
| Coach Team6: | Pepperdine |
| Admin Years1: | 1955–1968 |
| Admin Team1: | Pepperdine |
| Overall Record: | 7–11–1 (college football) 263–263 (college basketball) |
| Championships: | 5 conference (1950–1953, 1962) |
| Awards: | WCAC Coach of the Year (1962) |
Robert Loren "Duck" Dowell (August 14, 1912 – November 27, 2003) was an American professional basketball player for the Akron Firestone Non-Skids in the United States' National Basketball League during the 1937–38 season.[1] After an All-American collegiate career at Northwest Missouri State, Dowell also competed in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) for the Denver Piggly Wigglies.[2]
Dowell also served as Pepperdine University's head coach for the men's basketball and football teams. As the basketball coach, he compiled an overall record of 263 wins and 263 losses between 1948–49 and 1967–68.[2] [3] Pepperdine won the California Collegiate Athletic Association titles for four consecutive seasons, from 1950 to 1953.[2] His 1961–62 squad won the West Coast Conference and advanced the 1962 NCAA Tournament's West Regional semifinal round.[4] Dowell also coached the football team during the 1951 and 1952 seasons, which are described as "rebuilding" years in the school's football archive.[5]
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