Grahame Bowen

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Grahame Bowen
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Personal information
Full nameGrahame Peter Bowen
Born(1946-09-07)7 September 1946
Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Died29 March 2016(2016-03-29) (aged 69)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
PositionProp, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1967–72 St George Dragons 75 13 0 0 39
1973–74 Cronulla Sharks 29 5 0 0 15
Total 104 18 0 0 54
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]

References[]

  1. ^ Rugby League Project
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 (ISBN 1875169571)
  4. ^ Daily Telegraph, Sydney. Death Notice 6 April 2016


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