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Eric Bowyer was a Northern Irish
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who played in the Irish League with Linfield,
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, Bangor and
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in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He was named as the
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for 1974–75. At Linfield, he won three League titles and won the
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once.


Sources

* M. Brodie (ed.), ''Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 2009-2010'', p. 102. Belfast:Ulster Tatler Publications
Irish League Footballing Greats
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