R.T.V. Bowman

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Randolph T.V. Bowman was one of Clemson's first assistant football coaches and the very first baseball coach. He was also an instructor in forge and foundry. It was Bowman who cleared the field that now bears his name of much of the rocks and other detritus in preparation for its use as an athletics ground. Bowman holds the Clemson distinction of having coached the very first intercollegiate match played at Clemson, a baseball game with Furman on April 24, 1896, which, unfortunately, the Tigers lost, 13-20. Bowman passed away in April 1899 and Bowman Field is named in his honor.