| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Wells Bowman | ||
| Date of birth | August 11, 1870 | ||
| Place of birth | Waterloo, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Date of death | March 7, 1948 (aged 77) | ||
| Place of death | Seattle, Washington, U.S. | ||
| Position(s) | Outside Right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1887–1889 | Berlin (Ontario) Rangers | ||
| 1892–1893 | Accrington | 5 | (3) |
| 1893–1899 | Manchester City | 47 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| Canada | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Walter Wells Bowman (born August 11, 1870) was a Canadian soccer player who played as an outside right. He was the first non-British player to play in the Football League.[1][2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Balotelli, Silva, Aguero, Dzeko – the latest in a long, illustrious line of foreign stars at cosmopolitan Manchester City | Sporting Intelligence".
- ^ Paul Simpson; Uli Hesse (November 7, 2013). Who Invented the Stepover?: and other crucial football conundrums. Profile Books. pp. 102–. ISBN 978-1-84765-842-5.
- ^ "Graham fears multi-national squads will undermine England". The Independent. February 16, 2005.