Nathan Bower (born 8 June 1972) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played with

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in the

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(AFL) during the 1990s. Bower was one of three brothers from Mildura to play for Richmond, with Brendan and Darren Bower the others. He was picked up early in the

1989 VFL draft The 1989 VFL draft was the fourth annual national draft held by the Victorian Football League (since changed its name to Australian Football League) as the main method for the 14 teams to recruit players for the 1990 season. It consisted of a tra ...

, for the 15th selection and was used at Richmond as a wingman, half back and tagger. In 1993 he averaged 14.82 disposals but played just half the season. Only once, in 1995, did Bower play a full year in the seniors and his 20 games included three finals where he put in some decent performances. Bower joined the

Bendigo Diggers The Bendigo Gold Football Club was an Australian rules football club based in Bendigo, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The club played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1998 until 2014, under the nicknames Diggers, Bombers an ...

in 1999 as captain-coach, after being delisted by Richmond.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bower, Nathan 1972 births Richmond Football Club players Bendigo Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Living people