Walter Bowden

{{short description|American handball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Walter Bowden

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|12|29}}

| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|4|19|1910|12|29}}

| death_place = Lindenhurst, New York, U.S.

| nationality = {{flag|United States}}

| position =

| years1 = ?-?

| clubs1 = German Sport Club Brooklyn

| nationalyears1 = ?-?

| nationalteam1 = United States

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = ?

| ntupdate = only during the 1936 Summer Olympics

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Walter Bowden (December 29, 1910 – April 19, 2001) was an American male handball player. He was a member of the United States men's national handball team. He was a part of the team at the 1936 Summer Olympics, playing 3 matches.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Walter Bowden |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/walter-bowden-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418002712/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/walter-bowden-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |accessdate=November 17, 2016}} On the club level he played for German Sport Club Brooklyn in New York City.