Grahame Bowen
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Grahame Peter Bowen | |||||
| Born | 7 September 1946 Australia | |||||
| Died | 29 March 2016 (aged 69) Sydney, New South Wales | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Prop forward, 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: Whiticker/Hudson | ||||||
Grahame Bowen (7 September 1946 – 29 March 2016) was an Australian rugby league player from the 1960s and 1970s.[1]
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. [2]
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.[3]
References
- ↑ http://cronullanews.sydney/grahame-bowen-ill-before-his-death-cliff-watson/
- ↑ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 (ISBN 1875169571)
- ↑ Daily Telegrah, Sydney. Death Notice 6 April 2016