Birth name | Noel James Gordon Bowden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 19 March 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Whangārei, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 9 October 2009 83) | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Albany, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Auckland Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Schoolteacher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Noel James Gordon Bowden (19 March 1926 – 9 October 2009) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A full-back, Bowden represented Auckland, Waikato, and Taranaki at a provincial level. He played one match for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, a test against the touring Australian team in 1952, in which he kicked one penalty goal. [1]
He also played in Scotland, turning out for West of Scotland. He was selected and played for Glasgow District in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. [2] He later became a lecturer in physical education at the North Shore College of Education. He was a prominent senior rugby coach in Auckland club rugby, coaching the Teachers Rugby Club for a number of years.
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