John Bowman (football manager)

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John Bowman
Personal information
Full name	John William Bowman
Date of birth	April 23, 1879(1879-04-23)
Place of birth	Middlesbrough, England
Date of death	January 26, 1943 (aged 63)
Place of death	Sudbury, Middlesex, England
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
–	Shelton Juniors
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
– – 1899 – – 1905–1907	Hanley St. Jude's Burslem Park Burslem Port Vale Stoke Queens Park Rangers Norwich City	0 (0)
Teams managed
1905–1907 – –	Norwich City Croydon Common Queens Park Rangers
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

John William Bowman (23 April 1879 - 26 January 1943) was an English former footballer and manager.

[edit] Playing career

Bowman moved to Staffordshire at a young age and stated with Shelton Juniors before moving on to Hanley St. Jude's, Burslem Park and in February 1899 Burslem Port Vale. He played at left-half in a 1-1 draw with Walsall in a Birmingham Senior Cup semi-final match on 13 March 1899, but was not selected again. After being released at the end of the season and moved on to their local rivals Stoke and then Queens Park Rangers.^[1]

[edit] Management career

Bowman was Norwich City's first-ever manager, and was in charge for 78 matches between 1905 and 1907, winning 31, losing 24 and drawing 23 games.^[2]

Bowman is also the first person recorded as referring to the club as The Canaries. The reference comes in an interview recorded in the Eastern Daily Press with the newly-appointed manager in April 1905. The paper quotes him saying "Well I knew of the City's existence... I have... heard of the canaries."^[3] Norwich City historian Eastwood notes:^[3]

This as far as we can tell is the first time that the popular pastime of the day ie... rearing... canaries was linked with Norwich City FC... the club still played in blue and white, and would continue to do so for another two seasons."

After leaving City he took up the position as manager of Croydon Common before returning to old club QPR as a director and later team manager.

[edit] References

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