Oswald Bowden

Oswald Bowden

Personal information
Full name	Oswald Bowden
Date of birth	7 September 1912(1912-09-07)
Place of birth	Byker, England
Date of death	20 May 1977(1977-05-20) (aged 64)
Place of death	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Inside-forward
Youth career
	Newcastle United Swifts
1929–1930	Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1930–1935	Derby County	10	(1)
1935–1937	Nottingham Forest	14	(3)
1937–1938	Brighton & Hove Albion	2	(0)
1938–1939	Southampton	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Oswald "Ossie" Bowden (7 September 1912 – 20 May 1977) was an English footballer who played as an inside-forward for various clubs in the 1930s.

Football career

Bowden was born in Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne and was a trainee at Newcastle United.^[1] Failing to obtain a professional contract on Tyneside, he joined Derby County in May 1930, where he made his first-team debut in the 1932–33 season at inside-right. In his five years at Derby he spent most of his career in the reserves, managing only ten appearances in the Football League First Division.

He moved to East Midlands rivals, Nottingham Forest in June 1935, where he spent a further two seasons of reserve-team football, making only 14 first-team appearances in the Second Division. He Then spent a season with Brighton & Hove Albion, making only one appearance, before moving along the south coast to return to the Second Division with Southampton.

He made his "Saints" debut in the opening match of the 1938–39 season, playing at inside-left in a 2–1 defeat at home to Tottenham Hotspur,^[2] before giving way to Arthur Holt. Bowden made only one further appearance in the first team, plus 25 for the reserves,^[1] before being released at the end of the season.

Following the outbreak of World War II, Bowden never played League football again.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 39. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3. 
2. ^ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. pp. 100–101. ISBN 0-907969-22-4. 

Persondata
Name	Bowden, Oswald
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	7 September 1912
Place of birth	Byker, England
Date of death	20 May 1977
Place of death	Newcastle upon Tyne, England