Edward J. Yowell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 14-May-1915
Place of Birth: Nazareth, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 29-Oct-1991
Profession: horse trainer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Edward J. Yowell
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- "Eddie" Yowell (May 14, 1915 – October 29, 1991) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.
- Widely respected in the industry, his obituary in the Ocala Star-Banner was titled "Yowell leaves behind legacy of integrity." A native of Pennsylvania, Eddie Yowell began his career in Thoroughbred racing in 1933 as a jockey.
- Following a successful career in which he was a leading jockey at New York's Empire City Race Track, he remained in the industry as a trainer.
- In 1951, at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey where he would become a two-time leading trainer, he notably won the first of his two Salvator Mile Handicaps with Call Over, his best runner to that time.
- Yowell's second Salvator Mile win came in 1963 during his best decade in racing.
- Yowell also had considerable success with Executioner whose wins included the Grade I Metropolitan Handicap.
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