Snow Bowman

Snow Bowman
Birth name	Albert William Bowman
Date of birth	5 May 1915
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Date of death	20 January 1992 (aged 76)
Place of death	Waipukurau, New Zealand
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
School	Napier Technical College
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Flanker
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
1936–39, 1947	Hawke's Bay
1941, 1945	Wellington
1946	Nelson
International career
Years	Team
1938	New Zealand

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Albert William "Snow" Bowman (5 May 1915 – 20 January 1992) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A flanker, Bowman represented Hawke's Bay, Wellington, and Nelson at a provincial level, and also appeared in services teams during World War II. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1938 tour of Australia. playing in six matches including three internationals.^[1]

He was selected as one of the 5 players of the year for the 1945 season in the Rugby Almananac of New Zealand.^[2]

Bowman died in Waipukurau on 20 January 1992,^[1] and his ashes were buried at Waipukurau Cemetery.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Luxford, Bob. "Snow Bowman". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
^ Arthur Swan & Arthur Carman (ed.). The Rugby Almanack of New Zealand 1946. Sporting Publications, Wellington.
^ "Cemetery enquiry". Central Hawke's Bay District Council. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

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[AB_profile-1] Luxford, Bob. "Snow Bowman". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

[2] Arthur Swan & Arthur Carman (ed.). The Rugby Almanack of New Zealand 1946. Sporting Publications, Wellington.

[3] "Cemetery enquiry". Central Hawke's Bay District Council. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

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