sport.wikisort.org - Athlete

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).

Percy Rowe
Rowe in 1922
Personal information
Full name	Percival Henry Rowe
Date of birth	(1896-01-04)4 January 1896
Place of birth	Rutherglen, Victoria
Date of death	27 August 1976(1976-08-27) (aged 80)
Place of death	Armadale, Victoria
Original team(s)	Lake Rovers, Rutherglen
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1920–1923 & 1927-1928	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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Percy Rowe.

---