# Tony Bowick

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{{Short description|American football player (born 1966)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name                = Tony Bowick 
| number              = 70, 79
| position            = [Defensive tackle](/source/Defensive_tackle)
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1966|10|3}}
| birth_place         = [Dothan, Alabama](/source/Dothan%2C_Alabama), U.S.
| height_ft           = 6
| height_in           = 2
| weight_lb           = 265
| high_school         =	[Slocomb](/source/Slocomb_High_School)
| college             = [Chattanooga](/source/Chattanooga_Mocs_football)
| draftyear           = 1989
| draftround          = 12
| draftpick           = 313
| pastteams           =
* [Atlanta Falcons](/source/Atlanta_Falcons) ({{NFL Year|1989}})
* [Birmingham Fire](/source/Birmingham_Fire) ([1991](/source/1991_WLAF_season)-[1992](/source/1992_WLAF_season))
* [Charlotte Rage](/source/Charlotte_Rage) ({{AFL Year|1993|1995}})
* [Albany Firebirds](/source/Indiana_Firebirds) ({{AFL Year|1996|1997}})
* [Grand Rapids Rampage](/source/Grand_Rapids_Rampage) ({{AFL Year|1998|2001}})
* [Detroit Fury](/source/Detroit_Fury) ({{AFL Year|2002}})
* [Chicago Rush](/source/Chicago_Rush) ({{AFL Year|2003}})
* [Austin Wranglers](/source/Austin_Wranglers) ({{AFL Year|2004}})
* Grand Rapids Rampage ({{AFL Year|2005}})
| highlights =
* [ArenaBowl](/source/ArenaBowl) champion ([2001](/source/ArenaBowl_XV))
| pfr                 = BowiTo20
}}

'''Vantonio Bernard Bowick'''<ref name=autogenerated1>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231253/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BOWICTON01 Tony Bowick Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards - databaseFootball.com]}}</ref> (born October 3, 1966) is an American former professional [football](/source/American_football) player who played in the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) (NFL) and [Arena Football League](/source/Arena_Football_League_(1987%E2%80%932008)) (AFL).<ref>[http://www.arenafan.com/players/Tony_Bowick-167/ ArenaFan Online : Tony Bowick<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He was selected 313th overall by the [Atlanta Falcons](/source/Atlanta_Falcons) in the 12th round of the [1989 NFL draft](/source/1989_NFL_draft).<ref>{{Cite web |title=1989 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1989/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

Bowick attended Slocomb High School in [Slocomb, Alabama](/source/Slocomb%2C_Alabama)<ref name=autogenerated1 /> and was a student and [letterman](/source/Letterman_(sports)) in [football](/source/High_school_football), [basketball](/source/basketball), and [baseball](/source/baseball). Bowick played alongside former [New York Jets](/source/New_York_Jets) [running back](/source/running_back) [Brad Baxter](/source/Brad_Baxter). He continued on to play [college football](/source/college_football) at the [University of Tennessee at Chattanooga](/source/University_of_Tennessee_at_Chattanooga).

Bowick played one season with the Falcons in the NFL (1989) and one season with the [Birmingham Fire](/source/Birmingham_Fire) in the [WLAF](/source/World_League_of_American_Football) ([1991](/source/1991_Birmingham_Fire_season)–[1992](/source/1992_Birmingham_Fire_season)). He played 13 seasons in  the AFL: [Charlotte Rage](/source/Charlotte_Rage) (1993–1995), [Albany Firebirds](/source/Albany_Firebirds) (1996–1997), [Grand Rapids Rampage](/source/Grand_Rapids_Rampage) (1998–2001, 2005), [Chicago Rush](/source/Chicago_Rush) (2002–2003), [Austin Wranglers](/source/Austin_Wranglers) (2004). He also coached briefly at Dale County High School in Alabama where he was let go after having an inappropriate relationship with at least one student.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.nfl.com/players/tonybowick/profile?id=BOW290703 NFL stats]
* [http://www.arenafan.com/players/Tony_Bowick-167/ AFL stats]

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Category:1966 births
Category:Living people
Category:American football defensive linemen
Category:American football offensive linemen
Category:Albany Firebirds players
Category:Atlanta Falcons players
Category:Austin Wranglers players
Category:Birmingham Fire players
Category:Charlotte Rage players
Category:Chattanooga Mocs football players
Category:Chicago Rush players
Category:Grand Rapids Rampage players
Category:Players of American football from Dothan, Alabama
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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