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Bertie Bowler
Personal information
Full name Albert Bowler[1]
Date of birth 1891[2]
Place of birth Southwell, England[2]
Position(s) Inside left, centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Sherwood Foresters
1911–1923 Plymouth Argyle 171 (61)
International career
Southern League XI 5
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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. ^ a b c d e Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 33. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. ^ a b c d "Bertie Bowler". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Albert Bowler | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e Knight, Brian (1989). Plymouth Argyle: A Complete Record 1903–1989. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 122–123. ISBN 0-907969-40-2.
  5. ^ a b c Danes, Ryan (2009). Plymouth Argyle: The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 160–175. ISBN 978-1-85983-710-8.
  6. ^ "The Argyle players who served their country in the Great War". 30 June 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
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