Autographs of Bobby Bowden
Robert Cleckler Bowden (/ˈbaʊdən/; November 8, 1929 – August 8, 2021) was an American college football coach. Bowden coached the Florida State Seminoles of Florida State University (FSU) from 1976 to 2009 and is considered one of the greatest college football coaches of all time for his accomplishments with the team.
During his time at Florida State, Bowden led FSU to consensus national championships in 1993 and 1999, as well as twelve Atlantic Coast Conference championships once FSU joined the conference in 1991. Bowden's Seminoles finished as an AP top-5 team for 14 consecutive seasons, setting a record which doubled the closest program. However, the program weakened during the mid-2000s, and after a difficult 2009 season Bowden was forced to retire just weeks after his 80th birthday. He made his final coaching appearance in the 2010 Gator Bowl game on January 1, 2010, with a 33–21 victory over his former program, West Virginia.
Bowden spent the last part of his career in a race with his close friend, Joe Paterno, to become the winningest NCAA Division I college football coach of all time. The coaches overtook each other throughout the 2000s, sitting just a game apart before the 2008 college football season. However, on March 6, 2009, an NCAA ruling required Florida State to "vacate wins for any games in which an ineligible player participated", threatening to remove as many as fourteen of Bowden's wins from the 2006 and 2007 seasons in relation to an academic scandal. Florida State appealed the ruling, but the NCAA upheld it on January 5, 2010. Upon final investigation by FSU, it was determined that Bowden was to vacate 12 wins, bringing his final career record to 377–129–4, second to Paterno's final tally of 409 wins.
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Current items with a signature of Bobby Bowden
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Traded items with a signature of Bobby Bowden
The most expensive item with a signature of Bobby Bowden (BOBBY BOWDEN signed TICKET FSU Seminoles National Champions 1993 Orange Bowl PSA) was sold in March 2025 for £483.12 while the cheapest item (Bobby Bowden Florida Stage Head Football Coach (Signed Picture/Autograph)) found a new owner for £0.99 in August 2013. The month with the most items sold (14) was October 2025 with an average selling price of £17.07 for an autographed item of Bobby Bowden. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2021 with £89.91 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was August 2013. In average, an autographed item from Bobby Bowden is worth £24.89.
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