Steve Bowden is a former professional rugby league player for the Newtown Jets in the New South Wales Rugby League competition. Bowden primarily played in the front row. Bowden was selected in 1981 to represent New South Wales as a front-rower for the only State of Origin-designated game of the year. In that match, Bowden was sin-binned along with Queenslander Rod Morris after an all-in brawl. Another fight cost Bowden a spot in the 1981 Grand Final. In the first few minutes of the major semi-final against Manly-Warringah, Bowden was involved in a fight with Manly's Kiwi prop Mark Broadhurst. A scrum devolved into an all-in brawl with Bowden and Broadhurst throwing punches like prize fighters. A head-butt from Bowden felled Broadhurst and Bowden continued to punch his face while he was on the ground. After the fight was broken up, Bowden again landed a head-butt on an already bloodied Broadhurst and the fight started a second time. When order was finally restored the referee cautioned both players and actually gave Newtown a penalty. 

May 27th, 1955 in (Age 69)