5'9" 11st.

b. Falkirk 29 May 1878

d. Blackburn 29 December 1929

Debut 1 September 1902 (24y 95d) Final Game 7 November 1903 (25y 192d)

First Goal 3 January 1903 Final Goal 17 January 1903

CAREER: Broxburn Athletic;Cliftonville Olympic '01;St Bernards Sep'01;Blackburn Rovers Aug'02 (£200);Darwen Aug'04;Nelson Aug'05;Oswaldtwistle Rovers Mar'08;Great Harwood Feb'09.

FL       20 apps  2 gls

FAC     3 apps

Total 23 apps  2 gls

LC      4 apps

When Bow was a teenager the Rangers trainer, Jimmy Wilson, persuaded him to try his luck in Irish football. He had a successful trial with Cliftonville  Olympic and signed professional terms but he was unable to find work and returned home to play for St Bernards. He soon attracted the attentions of the scouts and the Rovers had to overcome competition from Rangers, Celtic and Middlesbrough to bring him to Ewood to replace Peter Somers. It was optimistic to expect an inexperienced man to act as playmaker, especially for a team as undisciplined as the Rovers and it was not long before he was playing junior football in Lancashire. He worked at the ROF in Blackburn until 1915 when he enlisted with the RFA. He died in his home in Bradshaw Street after a long illness