Grahame Bowen Explained

Grahame Bowen
Fullname:Grahame Peter Bowen
Birth Date:7 September 1946
Birth Place:Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Death Place:Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Retired:yes
Club1:St George Dragons
Year1start:1967
Year1end:72
Appearances1:75
Tries1:13
Goals1:0
Fieldgoals1:0
Points1:39
Club2:Cronulla Sharks
Year2start:1973
Year2end:74
Appearances2:29
Tries2:5
Goals2:0
Fieldgoals2:0
Points2:15
Source:[1] Whiticker/Hudson

Grahame Bowen (7 September 1946 – 29 March 2016) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s.[2]

Career

A Cronulla-Sutherland junior player, Grahame Bowen was graded at St George Dragons in 1967 and went on to play six seasons for Saints between 1967-1972 and played 75 first grade games. Bowen played prop-forward in the 1971 Grand Final side that were defeated by South Sydney Rabbitohs. He then moved to Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in 1973, and starred in the Sharks team that were defeated in the 1973 Grand Final. Bowen played one more year for the Sharks before retiring in 1974.[3]

Grahame Bowen was one of the former St George Dragons players that attended the Reg Gasnier tribute ceremony at Kogarah Oval on 5 July 2014. Bowen died on 29 March 2016.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/grahame-bowen/summary.html Rugby League Project
  2. Web site: Grahame Bowen ill before his death – Cliff Watson – Cronulla News . 2016-03-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160405062445/http://cronullanews.sydney/grahame-bowen-ill-before-his-death-cliff-watson/ . 5 April 2016 . dmy-all.
  3. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995
  4. Daily Telegraph, Sydney. Death Notice 6 April 2016