Ted Rowell (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Edward Michael Rowell | ||
| Date of birth | 15 June 1876 | ||
| Place of birth | Vaughan, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 21 July 1965 (aged 89) | ||
| Place of death | Kew, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Kalgoorlie | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1901–1915 | Collingwood | 189 (175) | |
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1907–1908 | Collingwood | 12 (6–6–0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Edward Michael Rowell (15 June 1876 – 21 July 1965) was a professional athlete and Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Early life
The son of William Rowell (1836–1903)[2] and Johanna Rowell (née Ahern, 1833–1900),[3] Edward Michael Rowell was born in the Victorian goldfields, at Vaughan, on 15 June 1876.
As a teenager in the 1890s, Rowell was attracted to the goldfields in Western Australia and as a youngster was proficient in cricket, foot running and Australian rules football. Playing in the Kalgoorlie-based Goldfields Football League for five years,[4] Rowell booted over 250 goals, which earned him representation in Perth in the first Australian rules goldfield representative side in 1896.
Football career
Rowell made his VFL debut with the
Rowell played in the
In 1907 and
During a 1912 match for Collingwood against Essendon, Rowell was involved in an unusual incident when he got his foot stuck in a drain pipe on the ground while running for the ball against his opponent. While Rowell struggled to free himself, his opponent casually picked up the ball and easily goaled.[6] A year earlier, in a match against Richmond, Rowell was attacked by a small dog during play.[7]
Representative
Rowell played 7 games for Victoria for 7 goals.
Athletic career
Rowell was also a noted athlete who once raced world record holder Jack Donaldson over 100 yards at half-time of a Collingwood match Rowell played in. Rowell narrowly lost, having just played 50 minutes of football.[8]
After football
Rowell later wrote a series of sporting articles.
Personal life
Rowell married Rachel Johnston (1891–1970) at Footscray, Victoria on 4 March 1908.[9]
Death
Rowell died at 89 years of age at the Studley Park private hospital in Kew, Victoria on 21 July 1965.[10]
See also
Footnotes
- ^ AFL Tables.
- ^ Deaths: Rowell, The Age, (Saturday, 25 July 1903), p.5.
- ^ Deaths: Rowell, The Age, (Wednesday, 2 May 1900), p.3.
- ^ Learned on W.A. Goldfields: Teddy Rowell, Old Magpie, Was a Star, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 29 May 1932), p.6.
- ^ Rowell is one of the three Collingwood footballers (the others were Charlie Pannam and Dick Condon) responsible for the development of the stab-kick; see "'The Stab Kick' — A Football Development", The Argus, (Monday 27 June 1910), p.6.
- ^ Atkinson, p. 166.
- ^ Atkinson, p. 167.
- ^ Atkinson, p. 178.
- ^ Marriages: Rowell—Johnston, The Age, (Saturday, 28 March 1908), p.5.
- ^ Deaths: Rowell, The Age, (Thursday, 22 July 1965), p.17: note that the link is to page 19.
References
- Atkinson, G. (1982) Everything you ever wanted to know about Australian rules football but couldn't be bothered asking, The Five Mile Press: Melbourne. ISBN 0 86788 009 0.
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
External links
- Ted Rowell, at Boyles Football Photos
- Ted Rowell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Ted Rowell at AustralianFootball.com
- Football career profile
- "Ted Rowell". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 26 August 2014.