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Nowadays, Sam Bowen will probably be best known as the father of West Ham Uniteds Jarrod Bowen!
However, the Premier League stars old man wasnt a bad player himself as a striker.
Sam began to create attention for himself as a youngster playing for Hereford-based Westfields, then playing in the West Midlands (Regional) League.
He initially turned down all overtures to move until the summer of 1996 when he decided to give Southern League football a try with Midland Division side Moor Green.
However, he failed to settle at the Moorlands and returned to Westfields a few months later.
He then answered a call by Merthyr Tydfil boss Colin Addison to play in a cup game with the Martyrs squad stretched through injuries.
Bowen impressed so much that he was immediately snapped up by the Welsh club in February 1997 and marked his Southern League Premier Division debut by scoring 5 goals against Gravesend & Northfleet.
Whilst with the Martyrs, Bowen went to his sons current club, West Ham United, for a trial when Harry Redknapp was the manager.
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D.O.B:
21/04/1976
Born:
Hereford
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