Tom Rowe (footballer)

Thomas Desmond Rowe (7 January 1920 – 3 July 2003) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Tom Rowe
Personal information
Full name Thomas Desmond Rowe
Date of birth (1920-01-07)7 January 1920
Place of birth Carlton, Victoria
Date of death 3 July 2003(2003-07-03) (aged 83)
Original team(s) Noble Park / Dandenong
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1942 Hawthorn 4 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1942.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

After playing four games with Hawthorn in 1942, Rowe enlisted in the Australian Army and served for the remainder of World War II.[2]

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 772. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "World War II: ROWE, Thomas Desmond". Department of Veterans Affairs.


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