Adam Bowman

Adam Bowman
Personal information
Full name Adam Bowman
Date of birth (1880-08-04)4 August 1880
Place of birth Forfar, Scotland
Date of death 4 February 1937(1937-02-04) (aged 56)
Place of death Blackburn, England
Height 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)
Positions
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
St Johnstone
1900–1901 East Stirlingshire 1 (0)
1901 St Bernard's
1901 East Stirlingshire 10 (10)
1901–1902 Everton 9 (3)
1902–1906 Blackburn Rovers 99 (43)
1907–1908 Brentford 30 (21)
1908–1909 Leeds City 15 (6)
1909 Brentford 12 (4)
1909–1910 Portsmouth
1910–1911 Forfar Athletic
1911–1912 Leith Athletic 17 (6)
Accrington Stanley
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adam Bowman (4 August 1880 – 4 February 1937) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers, Leeds City and Everton as an inside left or centre forward.

Personal life

After retiring from football, Bowman settled in Blackburn and became the licensee of a number of pubs.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
East Stirlingshire 1900–01 Scottish League Second Division 1 0 — 1 0
East Stirlingshire 1901–02 Scottish League Second Division 10 10 0 0 10 10
Total 11 10 0 0 11 10
Everton 1901–02 First Division 4 1 2 0 6 1
1902–03 First Division 5 2 0 0 5 2
Total 9 3 2 0 11 3
Blackburn Rovers 1902–03 First Division 7 5 0 0 7 5
1903–04 First Division 17 7 0 0 17 7
1904–05 First Division 31 13 0 0 31 13
1905–06 First Division 32 15 0 0 32 15
1906–07 First Division 12 3 0 0 12 3
Total 99 43 0 0 99 43
Brentford 1907–08 Southern League First Division 30 20 2 1 32 21
Leeds City 1908–09 Second Division 15 6 1 1 16 7
Brentford 1909–10 Southern League First Division 12 4 — 12 4
Total 42 24 2 1 44 25
Leith Athletic 1911–12 Scottish League Second Division 17 6 5 1 22 7
Career total 193 86 10 3 203 89
  1. ↑ Includes Scottish Cup, FA Cup

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 34. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bowman". BRFCS.com. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 359–360. ISBN 0951526200.
  4. 1 2 3 Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  5. 1 2 "Adam Bowman". 11v11.com. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Adam Bowman at WorldFootball.net
  7. ↑ "Leeds City Players Details : No.50 : Bowman, Adam". Leeds United F.C. History. Retrieved 21 January 2017.