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At age 37, John Bowman claimed he doesn’t have the body of a Greek god.

And he doesn’t believe, now in his 14th — and probably final — Canadian Football League season, he’s slowing down with age.

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“You know why? Because I was never fast,” Bowman, never shy to deprecate himself, quipped Tuesday after he was named one of the league’s top performers of the week.

The seemingly ageless rush-end registered five tackles and two quarterback sacks in last Friday’s hard-fought 21-16 victory over British Columbia. He also forced a fumble. Bowman’s final sack of Lions quarterback Mike Reilly came with 17 seconds remaining in regulation on second down, with the visitors scrimmaging from their own 26.

Bowman now has 130 career sacks. With one more, he will move past Vince Goldsmith into sixth place among the CFL’s career sack leaders.

“I just try to execute and try to play good ball,” said the 6-foot-3, 250 pounder, who became the Als’ oldest player this season following the release of return-specialist Stefan Logan. “I can’t explain it. I just try to play every play like it’s my last.