Andy Bowman | |
Fullname: | Andrew Bowman |
Birth Date: | 7 March 1934 |
Birth Place: | Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland |
Death Place: | Dundee, Scotland |
Position: | Wing half |
Years1: | 1951–1955 |
Years2: | 1955–1961 |
Years3: | 1961–1963 |
Years4: | 1963–1965 |
Years5: | 1965–1966 |
Years6: | 1966–1967 |
Years7: | 1967–1968 |
Clubs7: | Stenhousemuir |
Caps1: | 1 |
Caps2: | 70 |
Caps3: | 69 |
Caps5: | 11 |
Caps7: | 12 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Goals2: | 3 |
Goals3: | 7 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 163 |
Totalgoals: | 10 |
Andrew Bowman (7 March 1934 – 2 March 2009) was a Scottish footballer who played most of his career with Hearts.[1] He played as a wing half.
Bowman played for the Scotland schoolboys team in 1949. Chelsea signed him on 7 March 1951, his 17th birthday.[2] He played only one game in Chelsea's league team in 1953–54 season.
He moved to Hearts in 1955 for a transfer fee of £1,000. Bowman won the Scottish League in 1957–58 and 1959–60, and the 1959 Scottish League Cup Final while with Hearts.[3] He made 135 appearances for Hearts, scoring eight goals.
He then signed for Newport County in 1961, before moving on to non-league Tonbridge.
After a spell in the United States, he returned to Scotland, playing for Hamilton Academical and Hawick Royal Albert.
After retiring from football he spent most of his working life with Scottish & Newcastle breweries.
His son David followed him into professional football.
Andy Bowman died on 2 March 2009, following a heart attack, having suffered from Alzheimer's disease during his latter years.