Gordon Bowman

Gordon Bowman
Personal information
Birth	10 February 1927
Recruited from	East Malvern
Height and weight	175 cm / 73 kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 5, 1945, Melbourne v. Geelong, at Punt Road
Team(s)	Melbourne (1945-50) 53 games, 9 goals Hawthorn (1950-51) 29 games, 2 goals Total - 82 Games, 11 Goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1951 season

Gordon Bowman (born 10 February 1927) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and Hawthorn in the VFL.

Bowman, originally from East Malvern, was a member of Melbourne's 1948 premiership team as a half forward flanker. He joined a struggling Hawthorn side in 1950 and remained with the club until the end of the 1951 season.

In the 1950s he played in Tasmania with Sandy Bay where he was again a premiership player. Such was his impact at the club that in 2001 he was named as one of their official 'Best 25 Players'. Bowman also played in a premiership team at Mayne in Queensland.

References

Gordon Bowman's statistics from AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

External Links

DemonWiki profile

Melbourne Football Club 1948 VFL Premiers

Melbourne 10.9 (69) drew with Essendon 7.27 (69), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground; Melbourne 13.11 (89) defeated Essendon 7.8 (50), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 21. Don Cordner \| 1. Denis Cordner \| 2. McKenzie \| 3. Collins \| 4. Smith \| 5. Deans \| 6. Craddock \| 7. Jackson \| 11. Bowman \| 12. Mueller \| 13. Spittle \| 16. Bickford \| 22. McGrath \| 25. McLean \| 28. Dullard \| 29. Arnold \| 30. Rodda \| 31. Rule \| 32. Dockett \| 35. McMahen

Coach: Hughes

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Name	Bowman, Gordon
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Date of birth	10 February 1927
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