Reginald Bowden (born 17 December 1949) is an English former professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer, and coach. He played for

Widnes Widnes ( ) is an Industrial city, industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2021–2022 United Kingdom censuses, 2021 census had a population of 62,400. Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, ...

Fulham Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies in a loop on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea, London, Chelsea ...

and

Warrington Warrington () is an industrial town in the Borough of Warrington, borough of the same name in Cheshire, England. The town sits on the banks of the River Mersey and was Historic counties of England, historically part of Lancashire. It is east o ...

. He played as a . He was head coach at

and

Background

Reginald Bowden was born in

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...

, England.

Playing career

Bowden signed for Widnes in 1968. He made his first team début in 1969. He made 16 major cup Final appearances for Widnes, including four Wembley cup finals. Bowden moved to

in 1980. He cost the club £25,000 at a time when the world record transfer fee was £40,000.

Coaching career

He was player-coach at Fulham RLFC 1980-84, then coached for two years at Warrington.

Administrative career

After leaving Warrington he joined the board of directors at Widnes, where he spent a further 10 years as a director.

References

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