Grahame Bowen

Grahame Bowen (7 September 1946 – 29 March 2016) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s.[2]

Grahame Bowen

Personal information
Full name	Grahame Peter Bowen
Born	7 September 1946 Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Died	29 March 2016 (aged 69) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Prop, 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

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.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 (ISBN 1875169571)
4. Daily Telegrah, Sydney. Death Notice 6 April 2016