Percy Rowe

Percival Henry Rowe (4 January 1896 – 27 August 1976) was a player and coach in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Victorian Football Association (VFA).

For the Canadian Member of Parliament see Percy John Rowe
Percy Rowe
Rowe in 1922
Personal information
Full name Percival Henry Rowe
Date of birth (1896-01-04)4 January 1896
Date of death 27 August 1976(1976-08-27) (aged 80)
Original team(s) Lake Rovers, Rutherglen
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1920–1928 Collingwood 96 (37)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1929–1934 Northcote 136 (100–33–3)
1935 Fitzroy 18 (8–9–1)
1937 Carlton 18 (11–7–0)
1945–1946 Coburg 42 (33–9–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

In 1915, Rowe played for Lake Rovers Football Club in the Ovens and Murray Football League grand final when Rutherglen defeated Lake Rovers. [1]

In 1924 Percy Rowe coached the Albury Football Club.

Percy Rowe coached the Wangaratta Football Club to the 1925 Ovens and Murray Football League premiership.[2] Wangaratta Football Club were runner-up to St. Patrick's Football Club in 1926 under Rowe's coaching.

He then returned to Collingwood Football Club and played in their 1927 and 1928 premierships.

Rowe is most notable for his time as captain-coach of the Northcote Football Club, where he oversaw the most successful period in the club's history. Rowe played and coached at Northcote from 1929 until 1934, winning four premierships (1929, 1932-33-34) and finishing runners-up twice (1930–31) in those six seasons.[3]

After leaving Northcote, Rowe was the coach of the Fitzroy Football Club in 1935[4] and the Carlton Football Club for only the 1937 season before he was replaced by captain-coach Brighton Diggins.[5] He is the father of Des Rowe, who captained Richmond.[6]

References
  1. "1915 - O&MFA Grand Final match review". Trove Newspapers. Rutherglen Sun and Chiltern Valley Advertiser.
  2. "1925 - O&MFL Grand Final scores". Ovens and Murray Football League. O&MFL.
  3. John Devaney (2008), The Full Points Footy Encyclopedia of Australian Football Clubs, 1, John Devaney and Full Points Publications, p. 346
  4. "FOOTBALL COACHES". The Argus. Melbourne. 13 February 1935. p. 8. Retrieved 14 August 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "DIGGINS TO COACH CARLTON". The Argus. Melbourne. 1 March 1938. p. 18. Retrieved 14 August 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS OF 1950 —HALF-BACK FLANKERS". The Argus. Melbourne. 1 July 1950. p. 12 Supplement: The Argus Week-end Magazine. Retrieved 14 August 2011 – via National Library of Australia.


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