Andy Bowman

Andy Bowman
Personal information
Full name Andrew Bowman[1]
Date of birth (1934-03-07)7 March 1934
Place of birth Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland
Date of death 2 March 2009(2009-03-02) (aged 74)
Place of death Dundee, Scotland
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1955 Chelsea 1 (0)
1955–1961 Heart of Midlothian 70 (3)
1961–1963 Newport County 69 (7)
1963–1965 Tonbridge Angels
1965–1966 Hamilton Academical 11 (0)
1966–1967 Hawick Royal Albert
1967–1968 Stenhousemuir 12 (0)
Total 163 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Bowman (7 March 1934 – 2 March 2009) was a Scottish footballer who played most of his career with Hearts.[2] He played as a wing half.

Playing career

Bowman played for the Scotland schoolboys team in 1949. Chelsea signed him on 7 March 1951, his 17th birthday.[3] He played only one game in Chelsea's league team in 1953–54 season.

He moved to Hearts in 1955 for a transfer fee of £1,000. Bowman won the Scottish League in 1957–58 and 1959–60, and the 1959 Scottish League Cup Final while with Hearts.[4] He made 135 appearances for Hearts, scoring eight goals.[3]

He then signed for Newport County in 1961, before moving on to non-league Tonbridge.[3]

After a spell in the United States, he returned to Scotland, playing for Hamilton Academical and Hawick Royal Albert.[3]

Off the pitch

After retiring from football he spent most of his working life with Scottish & Newcastle breweries.[3]

His son David followed him into professional football.[3]

Andy Bowman died on 2 March 2009, following a heart attack, having suffered from Alzheimer's disease during his latter years.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Andy Bowman". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ^ [1] Archived 12 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Vallance, Matthew (2009) "Andy Bowman (obit.) Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine", The Scotsman, 11 March 2009
  4. ^ "Andy Bowman passes away Archived March 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine", Hearts FC, 3 March 2009
  • Andy Bowman at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database

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