Bernard Towler

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

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| name = Bernard Towler

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| fullname = Bernard Edward Towler

| birth_date = {{birth date|1912|3|13|df=y}}{{cite web |url=http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=towl01 |title=Bernard Towler |work=The Lincoln City FC Archive |publisher=Lincoln City F.C |accessdate=29 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612222056/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=towl01 |archive-date=12 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}

| birth_place = Ipswich, Suffolk, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1992|5|19|1912|3|13|df=y}}

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| position = Outside left / inside left

| youthyears1 = – | youthclubs1 =

| years1 = – | clubs1 = Lincoln Corinthians | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1933–1938 | clubs2 = Lincoln City | caps2 = 68 | goals2 = 32

| years3 = 1938–1939 | clubs3 = Notts County | caps3 = 22 | goals3 = 9

| years4 = – | clubs4 = Ruston Bucyrus| caps4 = | goals4 =

| years5 = 1946–1947 | clubs5 = Boston United | caps5 = 13 | goals5 = 4

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Bernard Edward Towler (13 March 1912 – 19 May 1992) was an English footballer who scored 41 goals from 90 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City and Notts County. He played at outside left or inside left.{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |page=262 |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}} His career was interrupted by the Second World War; after the war he played for Boston United for a season in the Midland League.{{cite web |url=http://www.bufc.drfox.org.uk/seas46.html |title=Boston United's Season 1946/47 |work=Boston United FC – the original website |publisher=Ken Fox |accessdate=29 March 2013}}