James Bowden (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James William Bowden | ||
| Date of birth | August 1880 | ||
| Place of birth | Wolverhampton, England | ||
| Date of death | 25 May 1951 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Wolverhampton, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Position(s) |
Centre-half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Yardley Methodists | |||
| Erdington | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Handsworth Rovers | ||
| 1903–1904 | Aston Villa | 0 | (0) |
| 1904–1906 | West Bromwich Albion | 8 | (0) |
| 1906–1907 | Southampton | 31 | (0) |
| 1907–1909 | Grimsby Town | 19 | (0) |
| 1909–???? | Hyde | ||
| ????–1916 | Stourbridge | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James William Bowden (August 1880 – 25 May 1951) was an English
Football career
Bowden was born in Wolverhampton and played his early football for various local clubs before joining Aston Villa on amateur terms in January 1903.[1] He failed to make the grade at Villa and never appeared in the first team, before moving to local rivals West Bromwich Albion in June 1904.
At Albion, he had to compete for the No. 5 shirt with Ted Pheasant and only made eight Second Division appearances in the 1904–05 season. As a result of a shooting accident in which a bullet passed through his left arm,[1] he missed the entire 1905–06 season. By the time he was fit to play once more, Pheasant had become established at centre-half and Bowden was transferred to Southampton of the Southern League.
At Southampton, he took over at centre-half from
In the summer of 1907, he returned to the
References
- ^ ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
- ISBN 0-907969-22-4.