Guy Bowers
Appearance
Birth name | Richard Guy Bowers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 November 1932 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rawhiti, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 11 June 2000 | (aged 67)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Motueka, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Nelson College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Tobacco farmer[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Guy Bowers (5 November 1932 – 11 June 2000) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A first five-eighth, Bowers represented Wellington and Golden Bay-Motueka at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1953 to 1954. He played 15 matches for the All Blacks including two internationals.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sportsman of the month: Guy Bowers". Nelson Photo News. 22 July 1967. p. 57. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ Knight, Lindsay. "Guy Bowers". New Zealand Rugby Museum. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
Categories:
- 1932 births
- 2000 deaths
- People educated at Nelson College
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Golden Bay-Motueka rugby union players
- Wellington rugby union players
- Rugby union players from the Northland Region
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- New Zealand rugby union biography stubs