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Des Rowe
Australian rules footballer and coach
Kenneth Desmond Rowe (19 November 1925 – 12 May 2007)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1946 and 1957 for the Richmond Football Club. He was later senior coach of Richmond from 1961 to 1963.[2]
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Des Rowe among the Richmond players in 1961 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Kenneth Desmond Rowe | ||
| Date of birth | (1925-11-19)19 November 1925 | ||
| Date of death | 12 May 2007(2007-05-12) (aged 81) | ||
| Original team(s) | Coburg | ||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 82.5 kg (182 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1946–1957 | Richmond | 175 (24) | |
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1961–1963 | Richmond | 54 (15–39–0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1957. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
The son of Collingwood player Percy Rowe (1896–1976),[3] and Catherine Isobel Rowe (1899–1981), née Smith, Kenneth Desmond Rowe was born on 19 November 1925.
After a successful season with Coburg (where his father was the coach) in 1945, Rowe crossed to Richmond where he became one of the finest half backs in the VFL. A regular player for Victoria, Rowe earned All Australian selection at the 1956 Perth carnival. Rowe was made Richmond captain in 1952, a position he held until the end of his senior playing career.
- "AFL Annual Report 2007" (PDF). Australian Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 771. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- "LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS OF 1950 — HALF-BACK FLANKERS". The Argus. Melbourne. 1 July 1950. p. 12.
- Hogan, P: The Tigers of Old: A Complete History of Every Player to Represent the Richmond Football Club between 1908 and 1996, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
- Des Rowe at AustralianFootball.com
- Des Rowe's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Des Rowe's playing statistics from The VFA Project
- Rowe a true Tiger great – Richmond in mourning
- Richmond Football Club – Hall of Fame Archived 11 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine
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