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Ray Bowden

Ray Bowden, English footballer (died 1998)

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Born
September 13, 1909
Died
September 23, 1998
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1909

About Ray Bowden

Edwin Raymond Bowden was an English footballer who played as an inside forward. He scored 130 goals from 316 appearances in the Football League, playing for Plymouth Argyle, Arsenal and Newcastle United. He was capped six times and scored once for England. On his return, he top-scored for Argyle for the second time – the first was in 1928–29 – and by the time he left the club, he had taken his totals to 82 goals from 145 league matches. Bowden won his first cap for England that season, against Wales on 29 September 1934. Bowden and Arsenal won the FA Cup in 1935–36, but by then his ankle was causing him problems, limiting his appearances for the club that season and the next. Bowden was a regular for Newcastle United for the next two years; the club narrowly escaped relegation in his first season.

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Ray Bowden timeline

  1. On his return, he top-scored for Argyle for the second time – the first was in 1928–29 – and by the time he left the club, he had taken his totals to 82 goals from 145 league matches.
  2. Bowden won his first cap for England that season, against Wales on 29 September 1934.
  3. Bowden and Arsenal won the FA Cup in 1935–36, but by then his ankle was causing him problems, limiting his appearances for the club that season and the next.

The world when Ray Bowden was born

Ray Bowden was born in 1909. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1909

  • Best-selling book"The Inner Shrine" – Basil King

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentHonus Wagner leads Pittsburgh Pirates to World Series victory
  • Top headlineRobert Peary claims to reach the North Pole
  • Technology milestoneBakelite (first fully synthetic plastic) invented
  • Notable inventionBakelite plastic
  • World population~1.69B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
  • U.S. population88.8M

1909 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Ray Bowden's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19092026
Population88.8M341 million

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