John Carew

John Alieu Carew (Norwegian pronunciation: [jɔn ˈkɑːrɛv]; born 5 September 1979), is a retired Norwegian professional footballer who played as a forward. He was capped 91 times, scoring 24 goals for the Norwegian national team.

Club career

Vålerenga

Of Gambian descent, Carew was born in Lørenskog, Akershus, Norway and began his career with his local club Lørenskog, a minor club in the Akershus region. He was already considered a highly talented youngster and had gained some media attention before he was acquired by Vålerenga in 1997, and in the same year Carew was a part of the team that gained promotion to Tippeligaen and won the Norwegian Football Cup. During his two-year period at the club he played 33 matches and scored 14 goals, while his profile rose even more due to his combination of strength and goal-scoring ability.

Rosenborg

During the summer of 1999, Carew joined Norwegian football's most successful club of the past decade and Champions League mainstays Rosenborg in a deal worth NOK 25M. During his short spell at the club, Rosenborg proved to be a formidable team, finishing first in their group in the UEFA Champions League, a campaign that included a memorable 0-3 away win against reigning champions Borussia Dortmund.

John Carew (Canadian politician)

John Carew (January 5, 1862 – July 19, 1927) was an Ontario lumber merchant and political figure. He represented Victoria South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1914 to 1919.

He was born in Emily Township, Victoria County, Canada West, the son of John Carew, and educated in Lindsay. In 1885, he married Margaret Kelly. He was president and general manager of the John Carew Lumber Company in Lindsay and was also involved in woollen mills, brick manufacturing and a steamboat company. He was a governor for the Ross Memorial Hospital at Lindsay and served on the board of education. Carew was also president for the Lindsay Central Exhibition.

Two of Carew's daughters, Roberta and Gertrude, married, respectively, two brothers, Cecil and Leslie Frost who became prominent in the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party. Leslie was Premier of Ontario from 1949 to 1961. Another daughter, Annie, married Stanley Beal, the son of wealthy tannery owner Robert M. Beal who was Mayor of Lindsay and a Communist. Carew and Beal detested one another. John Carew's eldest son, Frank, was lieutenant-colonel in the Canadian Forestry Corps during World War One and a very successful curler, serving as vice-skip for legendary J.D. Flavelle, then winning two Ontario championships as skip.

John Carew (Irish politician)

John Carew (5 May 1901 – 12 July 1968) was an Irish Fine Gael politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick East constituency at the 1952 by-election caused by the death of Daniel Bourke of Fianna Fáil. He was re-elected at the 1954 and 1957 general elections but lost his seat at the 1961 general election.

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