{"id":370458,"date":"2024-02-25T00:36:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T01:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=370458"},"modified":"2024-02-25T04:03:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T04:03:47","slug":"former-football-star-dies-after-battle-with-awful-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=370458","title":{"rendered":"Former football star dies after battle with awful disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stan Bowles, the maverick <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/football\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"football\">football<\/a> player who made five appearances for England and was a widely admired star for London club Queens Park Rangers in the 1970s, has died. He was 75.<\/p>\n<p>QPR said in a statement that Bowles died on Saturday. In 2015, it was announced that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<p>QPR described him as \u201cone of the most naturally gifted players of his generation&quot;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/world-club-challenge-penrith-panthers-wigan-warriors-result\/570f4048-a0d1-4b1c-87a9-f03dd1996c60\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Boilover as Wigan denies Panthers on full-time siren\ufeff\"><strong>Boilover as Wigan denies Panthers on full-time siren\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/football\/news-2024-matildas-paris-2024-qualifiers-uzbekistan-michelle-heyman-return-mary-fowler-caitlin-foord\/2d5076fa-0dd5-482f-ac41-4293ae93e35a\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Dream return for retired star as Matildas win\ufeff\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Dream return for retired star as Matildas win\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/india-vs-england-fourth-test-2024-ben-foakes-yashasvi-jaiswal-catch-stokes-reaction\/66afd1f5-94b5-434d-b66b-8ea488e1bf77\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"England left in disbelief over contentious umpire call\ufeff\"><strong>England left in disbelief over contentious umpire call\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bowles started his career as an apprentice at Manchester City, later joining Crewe in the fourth tier and then Carlisle.<\/p>\n<p>After signing for QPR in 1972, Bowles went on to make 315 league appearances and score 97 goals over seven seasons.<\/p>\n<p>He was part of the team that finished runner-up to Liverpool in the old first division under Dave Sexton in 1975-76.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"4de8ed2b-e5bd-4068-93ce-5f4cde92621c\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/4de8ed2b-e5bd-4068-93ce-5f4cde92621c\" alt=\"Stan Bowles.\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bowles moved to Nottingham Forest under Brian Clough in 1979.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his obvious talent, Bowles won just five England caps \u2014 his only international goal coming against Wales at Ninian Park in 1974.<\/p>\n<p>Bowles wound down his playing career back in west London with Brentford and retired in 1984, moving into after-dinner speaking, as well as some pundit work and a betting column.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QPR\/status\/1761488670937510228\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/QPR\/status\/1761488670937510228<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His 1996 autobiography revealed the extent of his drinking, womanising and gambling during his playing days.<\/p>\n<p>Upon being diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s, Bowles moved back to Manchester to be cared for by his eldest daughter, Andria.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, QPR hosted a benefit match in Bowles\u2019 honor, playing against Bournemouth to help raise funds for his continuing care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Stan Bowles, the maverick football player who made five appearances for England and was a widely admired star for London club Queens Park Rangers in <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=370458\" title=\"Former football star dies after battle with awful disease\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":370460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=370458"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370461,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370458\/revisions\/370461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/370460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=370458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=370458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=370458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}