Grahame Bowen
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| Full name | Grahame Peter Bowen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 September 1946 Townsville, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 March 2016 (aged 69) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ "Grahame Bowen ill before his death – Cliff Watson – Cronulla News". Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 (ISBN 1875169571)
- ^ Daily Telegraph, Sydney. Death Notice 6 April 2016