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| Full name | Reginald Bowden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1949-12-17)17 December 1949 (age 75) Widnes, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 12 st 0 lb (76 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Scrum-half | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Reginald Bowden (born 17 December 1949) is an English former professionalrugby league footballer, andcoach. He played forWidnes,Fulham andWarrington.[1] He played as ascrum-half. He was head coach atFulham andWarrington.[2][5]
Reginald Bowden was born inWidnes,Lancashire, England.
Bowden signed for Widnes in 1968.[6] He made his first team début in 1969.[3]
He made 16 major cup Final appearances for Widnes, including four Wembley cup finals.[7]
Bowden moved toFulham in 1980. He cost the club £25,000 at a time when the world record transfer fee was £40,000.[3]
He was player-coach atFulham RLFC 1980-84, then coached for two years at Warrington.[8]
After leaving Warrington he joined the board of directors at Widnes, where he spent a further 10 years as a director.[3]