Stuart Bown

Stuart Bown
Stuart Bown
Personal information
Date of birth	24 August 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth	Broken Hill, New South Wales
Original team(s)	West Broken Hill
Draft	NA
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Position(s)	Key Position / Defence
Club information
Current club	Norwood (SANFL)
Number	22
Playing career1
Years	Club
1999–2008, 2010–	Norwood (SANFL)
2001	Adelaide (AFL)
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2011.
Career highlights
	Norwood Redlegs Under 19's Best & Fairest 1997; Norwood Redlegs Under 19's Premiership Player 1997; Norwood Redlegs Reserves Best & Fairest 1998; Norwood Redlegs Reserves Premiership Player 1998; SANFL Debut: Round 3, 1999 Central District; AFL Debut: Round 4, 2001 Adelaide vs Hawthorn at York Park; SANFL 200 Club Member;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Stuart Bown (born 24 August 1978) is a former

Norwood in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).^[1]

Bown was recruited by Norwood from the West Broken Hill Robins and played a couple of seasons in the lower grades before making his league debut in 1999. He won the clubs Under 19's Best & Fairest award in 1997 as well as playing in the Redlegs SANFL U/19 Premiership the same year. He moved to the Reserves in 1998 and repeated his 1997 success by winning the Reserves Best & Fairest and playing in Norwood's SANFL Reserves Premiership. He made his league debut for the Redlegs against

Central District

in Round 3 of the 1999 season.

His form with Norwood (and obvious potential) was such that he was added to the

Adelaide Crows Rookie List in 2000. He was elevated to the senior list in 2001 and made his AFL debut for the Crows against Hawthorn at York Park in Launceston, Tasmania

. Bown would go on to make four appearances for the Crows during 2001 before he was de-listed at the end of the season.

Stuart Bown played in Norwood's losing 1999 SANFL Grand Final team that went down to

Port Adelaide

by just 8 points denying him the rare distinction of winning the U/19, Reserves and League Grand Finals in successive seasons with the same club. Bown continued to be a solid contributor for Norwood until he retired at the end of the 2008 season. After sitting out 2009 he returned to Norwood in 2010 and helped the club to its first league Grand Final since 1999. Unfortunately for Bown and the Redlegs they were again defeated, this time by Centrals by only 6 points in what was the closest Grand Final since 1999.

Bown continued into the 2011 SANFL season helping the 'Legs to 2nd on the SANFL ladder after the Minor Round. He played his 200th game for Norwood in the Preliminary Final loss to

Woodville-West Torrens

.

Honours

Norwood
Under 19's Best & Fairest: 1997
Norwood
Under 19's Premiership Player: 1997
Norwood
Reserves Best & Fairest: 1998
Norwood
Reserves Premiership Player: 1998
SANFL 200 Club Member

References

^ Norwood Redlegs Player Profile

External links

Stuart Bown's playing statistics from AFL Tables

[1] Norwood Redlegs Player Profile

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