Silent Rowan

Name: Silent Rowan
Birth Name: John Daniel Rowan
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Birthplace: Braceville, Illinois, USA
Pro Boxer: Record

Trainer: Emil Klank
Division: Featherweight

Not to be confused with his fellow deaf-mute boxing brother Mike (Dummy) Rowan, Silent Rowan reportedly was left a deaf-mute by a case of the measles. By late 1910 he was working for Carstens Packing House in Tacoma, WA. Tacoma Daily News, Nov. 8, 1910. He was still alive and healthy as of 1939, giving physical culture exhibitions with American Indian clubs.

The Tacoma Daily News mentioned that the Rowan brothers were scheduled to have bouts in nearby Port Townsend, WA, on Saturday, Jan. 2, 1909; and, per the Jan. 9 edition, that Port Townsend promoter Billy Reaume, the manager of a large department store, planed to have Silent Rowan remain there all winter.