David Lowden is an English former professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for

Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumb ...

, and at club level for

Workington Town Workington Town R.L.F.C. is a semi-professional rugby league club playing in Workington in west Cumbria. Their stadium is Derwent Park, which they share with Workington Comets, a speedway team. They became Rugby League Champions in 1951 and ...

, as a , or , i.e. number 1, or, 2 or 5.

Contemporaneous Article Extract

"David Lowden ''Full-back/winger. A stand-out player as a full-back for

Workington Workington is a coastal town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. The town was historically in Cumberland. At the 2011 census it had a population of 25,207. Loca ...

, Lowden emerged as a successful winger as the good times came back to

Derwent Park Derwent Park is a Speedway and Rugby League Stadium in Workington, England situated beside the Cumbrian River Derwent. It is used mostly for rugby league matches and is the home stadium of Workington Town who play in League 1 the 3rd tier o ...

in 1990-91. A product of amateur League in

Maryport Maryport is a town and civil parish in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England, historically in Cumberland. The town is situated just outside the Lake District National Park, at the northern end of the former Cumberland Coalfield. Locatio ...

, has represented

county at professional level, and was
Halbro
Shooting Star winner in the '88-89 season.''"

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(1 August 1991). ''The Official Rugby league Collection (Card 160 of 160)''.

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Cumbrians too strong for Kumuls…
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lowden, David Living people Cumbria rugby league team players English rugby league players Rugby league fullbacks Rugby league players from Maryport Rugby league wingers Workington Town players Year of birth missing (living people)