Rupe Lowell
{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Rupe Lowell
| image =
| fullname = Rupert Leslie Lowell
| birth_date = {{birth date|1893|08|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Richmond, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1980|11|05|1893|08|30|df=y}}
| death_place = Portland, Victoria
| originalteam = Hawthorn (MJFA)
| height =
| weight =
| position = Wing
| statsend = 1915
| years1 = 1913
| club1 = {{AFL Ess}}
| games_goals1 = 11 (0)
| years2 = 1914–15
| club2 = {{AFL Mel}}
| games_goals2 = 9 (0)
| games_goalstotal = 20 (0)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Rupert Leslie Lowell (30 August 1893 – 5 November 1980) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2009), page: "Hawthorn (MJFA)".
Football
=Melbourne (VFL)=
He played his last VFL game for Melbourne two days after enlisting with the First AIF.
In May 1919, an unidentified former Melbourne footballer, wrote to the football correspondent of The Argus as follows:
::"In 1914 the Melbourne football team, after its junction with the University, was a fine team, and succeeded in reaching the semi-finals.
Out of this combination the following players enlisted and served at the front:—
C. Lilley (seriously wounded), J. Hassett, H. Tomkins (severely wounded), J. Evans (seriously wounded), W. Hendrie, R. L. Park, J. Doubleday (died), A. Best, C. Burge (killed), C. (viz., A.) Williamson (killed), J. Brake, R. Lowell, E. Parsons (seriously wounded), A. M. Pearce (killed), F. Lugton (killed), A. George, C. Armstrong, P. Rodriguez (killed), J. Cannole (viz., Connole), A. Fraser (seriously wounded), T. Collins.
These are all players of note, and in themselves would have formed a very fine side, but there is only one of them playing at the present time, viz., C. Lilley, who, as a matter of fact, takes the field under some disability owing to severe wounds which he received on service." — The Argus, 16 May 1919.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1468346 'Old Boy', "Football: Notes and Comments", The Argus, (Friday, 16 May 1919), p.8.]
Death
Notes
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References
- {{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria }}
- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. {{ISBN|0-9591740-2-8}}
External links
- {{AFL Tables|ref=R/Rupe_Lowell.html}}
- {{AustralianFootball|ref=rupe%2Blowell/3097}}
- [http://demonwiki.org/Rupe+Lowell Rupe Lowell, at Demonwiki]
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:Essendon Football Club players
Category:Melbourne Football Club players
Category:Australian military personnel of World War I
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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