Reg Bowden

Reg Bowden
Personal information
Full name Reginald Bowden
Born (1949-12-17) 17 December 1949
Widnes, Cheshire, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight 12 st 0 lb (76 kg)
Playing information
Position Scrum-half

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1969–80 Widnes
1980–84 Fulham RLFC 120 14 0 0 42
1984–85 Warrington
Total 120 14 0 0 42
Coaching information

Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1980–84 Fulham RLFC 80 26 2 52 33
1984–85 Warrington 68 28 0 40 41
Total 148 54 2 92 36
As of 26 January 2017
Source: [1][2][3]

Reginald Bowden (born in Widnes, Cheshire, England) is an English former rugby league player and coach. He played for Widnes, Fulham and Warrington. He played as a scrum-half. He was head coach at Fulham and Warrington.[4]

Bowden signed for Widnes in 1968.[5] He made his first team début in 1969.[3]

He made 16 major cup Final appearances for Widnes, including four Wembley cup finals.[6]

Bowden moved to Fulham in 1980. He cost the club £25,000 at a time when the world record transfer fee was £40,000.[3]

He coached for two years at Warrington.[7]

After leaving Warrington he joined the board of directors at Widnes, where he spent a further 10 years as a director.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Playing - Rugby League Project
  2. ↑ Coaching - Rugby League Project
  3. 1 2 3 4 Farrar, Dave; Lush, Peter (2000). From Fulham to Wembley : 20 years of Rugby League in London. London: London League Publications. ISBN 978-0952606444.
  4. ↑ Emery, David (1984). WHO'S WHO IN RUGBY LEAGUE. London: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-356-10436-2.
  5. ↑ "Reg Bowden honoured in London". Widnes Vikings. 5 July 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Hall of Fame". LBSA. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Part 22: Best final In History?". Warrington Guardian. 23 June 2006. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
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