Noel Bowden

Noel Bowden

Birth name	Noel James Gordon Bowden
Date of birth	(1926-03-19)19 March 1926
Place of birth	Whangarei, New Zealand
Date of death	9 October 2009(2009-10-09) (aged 83)
Place of death	Albany, New Zealand
School	Auckland Grammar School
Occupation(s)	Schoolteacher
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1947, 1954 1950–53 Template:Rut Auckland Template:Rut Waikato Template:Rut Taranaki () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1952 New Zealand 1 (3)

Noel James Gordon Bowden (19 March 1926 – 9 October 2009) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A full-back, Bowden represented Template:Rut Auckland, Template:Rut Waikato, and Template:Rut 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.