Bertie Bowler
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Bowler[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1891[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Southwell, England[2] | ||
| Playing position | Inside left, centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Sherwood Foresters | |||
| 1911–1923 | Plymouth Argyle | 171 | (61) |
| National team | |||
| Southern League XI | 5 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Albert "Bertie" Bowler (born 1891) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward.[1]
Bowler was born in Nottingham.[1] He began his career while serving as a private in the British Army,[3] playing for Army Cup winners Sherwood Foresters.[1][4] He obtained his discharge from the Army in 1911, allowing him to join Southern League club Plymouth Argyle.[4] He made his first team debut in a 1–0 win at New Brompton on 23 December 1911 and scored his first goal against Millwall in a 2–0 win on 6 January 1912.[5] The following season, Bowler scored 18 league goals in 36 appearances as the club became Southern League champions.[4] He played in five matches for the Southern League representative side and was selected for England in an unofficial international against Scotland in Cairo during the First World War.[1][4] He returned to Plymouth after the war,[6] and was a member of the squad when the club was elected to the Football League in 1920.[2][5] Bowler continued playing for another three years before retiring from the game in 1923.[2][5]
Honours
- Plymouth Argyle
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 33. ISBN 190589161X.
- 1 2 3 4 "Bertie Bowler". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
- ↑ "Albert Bowler | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Retrieved 2016-10-05.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Knight, Brian (1989). Plymouth Argyle: A Complete Record 1903–1989. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 122–123. ISBN 0-907969-40-2.
- 1 2 3 Danes, Ryan (2009). Plymouth Argyle: The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 160–175. ISBN 978-1-85983-710-8.
- ↑ "The Argyle players who served their country in the Great War". 2014-06-30. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
External links
- Bertie Bowler at Greens on Screen