Chadron State College Athletics

Bowman was a native of Victor, Iowa, a town not far from Brooklyn, Iowa, Ross Armstrong’s hometown. Armstrong encouraged him to enroll at CSC.  Bowman, a 5-foot-8 setshot artist, was the second leading scorer on CSC’s basketball teams four straight years from 1936-37 to 1939-40. He scored 698 points during that period, an average of about 8.5 per game. The Eagles had a 60-22 record those four years. His Hall of Fame induction information stated that Bowman earned all-conference honors each of his final three years with the Eagles.
Following graduation, he taught and coached one year at Bob Baumann’s hometown of Cushing, Iowa, then served in the Army during World War II. After the war ended, he taught and coached in Iowa high schools, including 33 years at Iowa City High.