Percy Bowyer

Percy Bowyer
Personal information
Full name	Harry Percy Bowyer
Date of birth	6 September 1909
Place of birth	Buckinghamshire, England
Date of death	17 November 1998 (aged 89)
Original team(s)	St Saviours
Height/Weight	179 cm / 71 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1928–1938	Collingwood	154 (33)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938 season.
Career highlights
Collingwood Premierships - 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936

Harry Percy Bowyer (6 September 1909 – 17 November 1998)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Born in England,^[2] Bowyer was part of a strong Collingwood side during his career and played in four premiership teams. He played on a wing and back pocket respectively in the 1929 and 1930 premierships and in the ruck for their 1935 and 1936 premierships. Bowyer retired in 1938 after believing, wrongly, that he had a stomach ulcer.

References

1. "Percy Bowyer". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
2. Multicultural team of champions – Australian Football League. Published 27 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.

External links

• Percy Bowyer's statistics from AFL Tables
• Percy Bowyer's profile from AustralianFootball.com