Brian Bowe

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Brian Bowe
Personal information
Full name Brian Bowe
Date of birth(1936-03-15)15 March 1936
Original team(s) Kyneton
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1958–59 St Kilda 14 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1959.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Brian Bowe (born March 15, 1936) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

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Biography

Brian Bowe was born on March 15, 1936. He would play 90-100 games for Kyneton in Victoria's Bendigo League from 1952 to 1957. He joined St. Kilda, and played 17 games for them from 1958 to 1959. Including three finals games in Lake Oval in the 1958 VFL Consolation Night series. His team defeated Carlton in the grand final, 16.13 (109) – 15.11 (101). Afterwards, he returned to Kyneton in 1960 where he joined the premiership team and played 11 games. In early January 1961, Ern Wadham, a NFC secretary helped him join Norwood. He would play 74 games for Norwood, from 1961 to 1965, including the losing 1961 grand final to West Adelaide. [2]

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 83. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "REDLEGS MUSEUM | PLAYERS". www.redlegsmuseum.com.au. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2020.


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