Darryl Cowie

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1961–2023)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Darryl Cowie

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| fullname = Darryl Cowie

| birth_date = {{birth date|1961|03|15|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|12|19|1961|03|15|df=y}}

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| originalteam = Central Districts (SANFL)

| height = 196 cm

| weight = 90 kg

| position = Ruck

| statsend = 1987

| years1 = 1979-81

| club1 = Central Districts

| games_goals1 = {{0|0}}40 (13)

| years2 = 1982–85

| club2 = {{AFL StK}}

| games_goals2 = {{0|0}}56 {{0|0}}(8)

| years3 = 1986–87

| club3 = {{AFL Ric}}

| games_goals3 = {{0|00}}7 {{0|0}}(1)

| games_goalstotal = 103 (22)

| sooyears1 = 1981

| sooteam1 = South Australia

| soogames_goals1 = {{0}}{{0}}1 {{0}}(1)

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Darryl Cowie (15 March 1961 – 19 December 2023) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL){{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=185}} and Central Districts in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

A ruckman, Cowie was recruited from South Australian Amateur Football League club Gawler Central and made his senior SANFL debut in 1979.Hornsey, p. 36.

Cowie died on 19 December 2023, at the age of 62.{{cite web |url=https://www.saints.com.au/news/1479463/vale-darryl-cowie |title=Vale Darryl Cowie |publisher=St Kilda Football Club}}