Autographs of Dave Bowen
David Lloyd Bowen (7 June 1928 – 25 September 1995) was a Welsh football player and manager, who captained his country to their first ever World Cup finals, in 1958.
Born in Maesteg, Bowen first played for Northampton Town. He had only played 12 times for Northampton before catching the eye of Pat Whittaker, son of Arsenal manager Tom Whittaker. He was duly signed by Arsenal in the summer of 1950 as an understudy to Joe Mercer at wing half. He made his debut against Wolves on 24 March 1951, but only made a handful of appearances between 1951 and 1954, when Mercer finally retired due to injury. Arsenal won the old First Division in 1952–53 but he only made two league appearances all season. In 1954–55 Bowen became a regular in the Arsenal side, and would continue to be for the rest of the decade.
In the meantime, Bowen had also made his debut for Wales, in a friendly against Yugoslavia in September 1954. Bowen went on to win 19 caps for Wales, and was the team's captain for their 1958 FIFA World Cup campaign; Wales drew all three of their group matches and qualified for the quarter-finals, where they were beaten 1–0 by Brazil, the goalscorer being a 17-year-old Pelé. Along with goalkeeper Jack Kelsey, Bowen was the first Arsenal player to play in a World Cup.
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Traded items with a signature of Dave Bowen
The most expensive item with a signature of Dave Bowen (BILL SHANKLY Autograph plus PETER OSGOOD Autograph plus DAVE BOWEN Autograph) was sold in October 2020 for £32.00 while the cheapest item (1980's Mickey Durling card: DAVE BOWEN (Arsenal), ORIGINALLY SIGNED!) found a new owner for £1.99 in May 2020. The month with the most items sold (3) was April 2015 with an average selling price of £4.78 for an autographed item of Dave Bowen. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2020 with £32.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £4.65 was November 2022. In average, an autographed item from Dave Bowen is worth £9.52.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Dave Bowen were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1980's Mickey Durling card: DAVE BOWEN (Arsenal), ORIGINALLY SIGNED! | £1.99 |  |
| Autograph Dave Bowen ( Arsenal ) signed 7 x 4 1/2 picture from programme | £6.00 | |
| Autograph Dave Bowen Arsenal signed 5 x 4 magazine picture | £3.81 | |
| Autograph Northampton Town and Wales great Dave Bowen. | £3.76 | |
| Autograph Northampton v Liverpool Dave Bowen test programme signed by Bowen | £5.50 | |
| BILL SHANKLY Autograph plus PETER OSGOOD Autograph plus DAVE BOWEN Autograph | £32.00 | |
| DAVE BOWEN ARSENAL LEGEND HAND-SIGNED PHOTO NORTHAMPTON TOWN | £5.92 | |
| DAVE BOWEN ARSENAL LEGEND HAND-SIGNED PHOTOCARD | £11.07 | |
| DAVE BOWEN ARSENAL LEGEND HAND-SIGNED PHOTOCARD (2) | £11.07 | |
| DAVE BOWEN ARSENAL LEGEND WALES 1958 WORLD CUP CAPTAIN HAND-SIGNED CARICATURE | £10.95 | |
| Northampton Town v Swindon Town Official Match Report Dave Bowen autograph 1968 | £10.00 | |
| Rare Northampton Town v Gillingham Referees Report 1968/69 signed by Dave Bowen | £9.05 | |
| Signed 1950s Dave Bowen Arsenal FC Football Autograph Signature | £9.99 | |
| Signed 1950s Dave Bowen Arsenal FC World Cup Card Autograph Wales 1958 | £9.99 | |
| Superb Northampton Town FC club letter re old shirts signed by Dave Bowen Jan 73 | £23.78 | |
