Walter Bowman

Walter Bowman

Birthday 11 August 1870

Date of Passing 7 March 1948 (77)

Born in Waterloo, ON

Grew up in Waterloo, ON

Nationality CAN

Walter Bowman

  • Soccer Province ON

Bio

Walter Wells Bowman... both of his parents Daniel and Wilhelmina were born in Germany (the family’s last name was previously Baumann)... he married his wife Mary on 13 October 1894 (their children were Lewis b.1896, Norman b.1899, Madge b.1900)... he was 77 years old when he passed away in Seattle on 7 March 1948... worked at Anaconda Copper Mining Company in Butte, MT...

posthumously honoured by the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame as a player...

holds the distinction of being the first non-British footballer to play in England...

wrote the Kitchener Daily Record in April 1929, Bowman “was one of the very best football players ever turned out in Canada”...

Honours

Individual Awards

  • 2008
    Canada Soccer Hall of Fame Honoured Player / Joueur honoré

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