Bowden, Robert Cleckler
Born: Nov 08, 1929 AD
Currently alive, at 78 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Coach, Football Coach
Currently alive, at 78 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Coach, Football Coach
1929 - Born on November 8th in Birmingham, Alabama. American football coach.
1948 - At 5-foot-5 and 115 pounds, Bowden was too small early on for the Woodlawn High School football team. But he gained weight and played his final two years as a halfback and defensive back, serving as a co-captain.
1954-1955 - He was an assistant coach at Howard, before becoming the head man at South Georgia, a junior college where he won three state titles.
1959 - He became head coach at Howard, which had had six consecutive losing seasons.
1976 - He returned to Tallahassee, and for the third time became a head coach at a school where he had been an assistant.
1993-1999 - Bowden turned a faltering program into a power that won national titles, the second when he was 70.
- Bowden beat coaching pal Lou Holtz and Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl, and Clemson and coach Tommy Bowden in major college football's first father-son matchup.
2003 - Bowden became major college football's all-time wins leader with 339, passing Joe Paterno.
- Bowden gained sole possession of No. 1 on the win chart, passing Paterno with a 48-24 home victory over Wake Forest on October 25th.
1948 - At 5-foot-5 and 115 pounds, Bowden was too small early on for the Woodlawn High School football team. But he gained weight and played his final two years as a halfback and defensive back, serving as a co-captain.
1954-1955 - He was an assistant coach at Howard, before becoming the head man at South Georgia, a junior college where he won three state titles.
1959 - He became head coach at Howard, which had had six consecutive losing seasons.
1976 - He returned to Tallahassee, and for the third time became a head coach at a school where he had been an assistant.
1993-1999 - Bowden turned a faltering program into a power that won national titles, the second when he was 70.
- Bowden beat coaching pal Lou Holtz and Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl, and Clemson and coach Tommy Bowden in major college football's first father-son matchup.
2003 - Bowden became major college football's all-time wins leader with 339, passing Joe Paterno.
- Bowden gained sole possession of No. 1 on the win chart, passing Paterno with a 48-24 home victory over Wake Forest on October 25th.
Page last updated: 11:45pm, 21st Aug '07
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