fullname years clubs caps goals birth_place position birth_date article_title name
albert bowler -- 1911 -- 1923 sherwood foresters plymouth argyle -- 171 -- 61 nottingham , england inside forward 1888 bertie bowler
 bertie bowler
bertie bowler

albert `` bertie '' bowler -lrb- born 1888 -rrb- was an english professional footballer who played as an inside forward .
bowler was born in nottingham .
he began his career while serving in the british army , playing for army cup winners sherwood foresters .
he obtained his discharge from the army in 1911 , allowing him to join southern league club plymouth argyle .
he made his first team debut in a 1 -- 0 win at new brompton on 23 december 1911 and scored his first goal against millwall in a 2 -- 0 win on 6 january 1912 .
the following season , bowler scored 18 league goals in 36 appearances as the club became southern league champions .
he played in five matches for the southern league representative side and was selected for england in an unofficial international against scotland in cairo during the first world war .
he returned to plymouth after the war , and was a member of the squad when the club was elected to the football league in 1920 .
bowler continued playing for another three years before retiring from the game in 1923 .
