Percy Bowyer
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Harry Percy Bowyer | ||
Date of birth | 6 September 1909 | ||
Place of birth | Langley,Buckinghamshire,England | ||
Date of death | 17 November 1998 | (aged 89)||
Original team(s) | St Saviours | ||
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1928–1938 | Collingwood | 154 (33) | |
1Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com |
Harry Percy Bowyer(6 September 1909 – 17 November 1998)[1]was anAustralian rules footballerwho played withCollingwoodin theVictorian Football League(VFL).
Born inEngland,[2]Bowyer was part of a strong Collingwood side during his career and played in four premiership teams. He played on a wing andback pocketin the1929and1930premierships, respectively, and in the ruck for their1935and1936premierships. Bowyer retired in 1938 after believing, wrongly, that he had a stomach ulcer.
References
[edit]- ^"Percy Bowyer".Collingwood Forever.Retrieved6 September2014.
- ^Multicultural team of champions– Australian Football League. Published 27 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
External links
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