Walter Bowden (December 29, 1910 – April 19, 2001) was an American male

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player. He was a member of the

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. He was a part of the team at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

, playing 3 matches. On club level he played for

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in the United States.

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* 1910 births 2001 deaths American male handball players Olympic handball players for the United States Field handball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from New York (state) {{US-handball-bio-stub