Gerard Columba Bowler (8 June 1919 – 26 March 2006) was a Northern Ireland international footballer.
On 24 April 1943 he was signed by Distillery, in an Irish League record £1,000 deal, where he played 122 first-team games, scoring just once (a penalty against Cliftonville FC in 1946).
At Distillery, Bowler played in the 1946 Irish Cup final, losing out 3-0 to Linfield FC, and the same season picked up a County Antrim Shield winner's medal (defeating Bangor FC Reserves 3-0 in a replayed final).
Although he never added to his collection of international caps, Bowler was a member of the IFA's touring party to North America in the summer of 1953.
After 165 league appearances for the Lions, Gerry Bowler was forced to retire due to injury in 1955, although he did continue to turn out as player-manager for his work team, the Crawley-based APV Chemical Company, until the 1962/63 season.