Stephen Rowe (born 3 November 1965) is a former

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er who played for the

South Fremantle Football Club South Fremantle Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Fremantle, Western Australia. The club plays in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) and the WAFL Women's (WAFLW), commonly going by the nickname the ''Bulldogs ...

in the

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(WAFL), the

Norwood Football Club Norwood Football Club, nicknamed the Redlegs, is an Australian rules football club competing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) in the state of South Australia. Its home ground is Coopers Stadium (Norwood Oval), which is ...

in the

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(SANFL) and the

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in the

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(AFL). Rowe started his senior career at South Fremantle in 1985, having won the

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as the best player in the 1984 WAFL Colts season. After two seasons in the WAFL seniors, Rowe crossed to Norwood and went on to win their "

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" award in 1990. At the end of the year he was recruited by Adelaide, where he would spend five seasons. A rover, he had 30 disposals against Essendon in just his second league game but could only put together 11 appearances in his first two seasons.AFL Tables: Stephen Rowe
/ref> He played 15 games in 1993 and then missed the entire 1994 season when he injured his knee in the SANFL. Following a knee reconstruction, Rowe returned to the Adelaide side in 1995 but would play just three games. He retired in 1997, after playing in Norwood's grand final win against

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. He has since become a well known personality on Adelaide radio station

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where he co-hosts the weekday drive-time (3pm - 7pm) sports show with

Mark Bickley Mark Alan Bickley (born 4 August 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Bickley was a player for the Crows from 1991 until 2003, captaining the team to bo ...

. The former South Australian interstate football representative has also been involved in coaching. He was coach of Norwood's under-17s team for five years and was an assistant coach at Glenelg from 2006 to 2011. In the 2020 AFL draft, Rowe's son

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was drafted by the

with the 38th selection.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rowe, Stephen 1965 births Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Adelaide Football Club players Norwood Football Club players South Fremantle Football Club players Australian radio personalities Living people People from Wagin, Western Australia