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{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}
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|name: Bob Bower
|name= Bob Bower
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|fullname: Robert Lloyd Bower
|caption = Bob Bower.1953
|birth_date = 1920
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|fullname = Robert Lloyd Bower
|death_date = 14 December 2004
|birth_date = {{birth date|1925|01|14|df=y}}
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|death_place = [[Stockton, New South Wales]]
|birth_place = [[Kurri Kurri, New South Wales|Kurri Kurri]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|2004|12|14|1925|01|14|df=y}}
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|death_place = [[Stockton, New South Wales|Stockton]], New South Wales, Australia
|retired = yes
|retired = yes
|position = Prop forward
|position = {{rlp|PR}}
|club1 = [[St George Dragons]]
|club1 = [[St. George Dragons|St. George]]
|year1start = 1950
|year1start = 1950
|year1end = 53
|year1end = 53
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|tries1 = 9
|tries1 = 9
|goals1 = 0
|goals1 = 0
|filedgoals1 = 0
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 27
|points1 = 27
|teamA = [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]]
|teamA = [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]]
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|fieldgoalsA = 0
|fieldgoalsA = 0
|pointsA = 0
|pointsA = 0
|teamB = [[New South Wales Country rugby league team|NSW Country]]
|yearBstart = 1949
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|appearancesB = 1
|triesB = 0
|goalsB = 0
|fieldgoalsB = 0
|pointsB = 0
|source = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/bob-bower/summary.html|title= Bob Bower - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>
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'''Robert 'Bob' Bower''' (1920-2004) was an Australian rugby league player from the 1950s.


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'''Robert Lloyd 'Bob' Bower''' (1925–2004) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Originally from [[Kurri Kurri, New South Wales]], Bob Bower represented [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]] in 1949 and was offered a contract at [[St George Dragons]] the following year. He played four seasons with the [[St George Dragons]] between 1950-1953, his final game being the [[1953 NSWRFL season|1953 Grand Final]]. He returned to country football the following year. <ref>Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 (ISBN 1875169571)</ref>


==Playing career==
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Bob Bower died on 14 December 2004. <ref>Newcastle Morning Herald - death notice 14/12/2004</ref>
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Originally from [[Kurri Kurri, New South Wales]], Bower represented [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]] in 1949 and was offered a contract at [[St George Dragons]] the following year. He played four seasons with [[St. George Dragons|St. George]] between 1950 and 1953, his final game being the [[1953 NSWRFL season|1953 Grand Final]]. He returned to country football the following year.<ref>Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 ({{ISBN|1875169571}})</ref>


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Bower died on 14 December 2004, 31 days short of his 80th birthday.<ref>Newcastle Morning Herald - death notice 14/12/2004</ref>


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[[Category:St. George Dragons players]]
[[Category:St. George Dragons players]]
[[Category:Australian rugby league players]]
[[Category:Australian rugby league players]]
[[Category:1920 births]]
[[Category:Rugby league players from Kurri Kurri]]
[[Category:1925 births]]
[[Category:2004 deaths]]
[[Category:2004 deaths]]
[[Category:New South Wales rugby league team players]]
[[Category:Country New South Wales rugby league team players]]
[[Category:Rugby league props]]
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Latest revision as of 17:37, 30 March 2023

Bob Bower
Personal information
Full nameRobert Lloyd Bower
Born(1925-01-14)14 January 1925
Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia
Died14 December 2004(2004-12-14) (aged 79)
Stockton, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1950–53 St. George 71 9 0 0 27
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1949 New South Wales 2 0 0 0 0
1949 NSW Country 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Robert Lloyd 'Bob' Bower (1925–2004) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1940s and 1950s.

Playing career[edit]

Originally from Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Bower represented New South Wales in 1949 and was offered a contract at St George Dragons the following year. He played four seasons with St. George between 1950 and 1953, his final game being the 1953 Grand Final. He returned to country football the following year.[2]

Bower died on 14 December 2004, 31 days short of his 80th birthday.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bob Bower - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 (ISBN 1875169571)
  3. ^ Newcastle Morning Herald - death notice 14/12/2004
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