Stephen Rowe (footballer)

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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

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

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Stephen Rowe

| image =

| fullname = Stephen J. Rowe

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|11|3|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = South Fremantle

| height = 178 cm

| weight = 87 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1997

| years1 = 1985–1986

| club1 = South Fremantle

| games_goals1 = 27

| years2 = 1987–1997

| club2 = Norwood

| games_goals2 = 185

| years3 = 1991–1995

| club3 = Adelaide

| games_goals3 = 29 (24)

| careerhighlights = *Norwood Premiership player (1997)

}}

Stephen Rowe (born 3 November 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the South Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), the Norwood Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Rowe started his senior career at South Fremantle in 1985, having won the Jack Clarke Medal 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 "best and fairest" award in 1990. At the end of the year he was recruited by Adelaide, where he would spend five seasons.{{cite web|url=http://www.afc.com.au/TheClub/History/PastPlayerProfiles/PastPlayersPZ199games/tabid/14424/Default.aspx#stephen_rowe|title=Stephen Rowe|publisher=Adelaide Football Club|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227082324/http://www.afc.com.au/TheClub/History/PastPlayerProfiles/PastPlayersPZ199games/tabid/14424/Default.aspx#stephen_rowe|archive-date=27 February 2011|df=dmy-all}} 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.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/S/Stephen_Rowe.html AFL Tables: Stephen Rowe] He played 15 games in 1993 and then missed the entire 1994 season when he injured his knee in the SANFL.{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}} 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 Port Adelaide.

He has since become a well known personality on Adelaide radio station FIVEaa where he co-hosts the weekday drive-time (3pm - 7pm) sports show with Mark Bickley.The Advertiser,[http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/former-crow-to-replace-kg-on-air/story-e6frea83-1111118310440 "Former Crow to replace 'KG' on air"], 13 December 2008, Elisa Black 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 James was drafted by the Adelaide Football Club with the 38th selection.{{cite news |title=AFL draft 2020: James Rowe Adelaide, dad Stephen Rowe cries on air, radio host, 5AA, SANFL |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-draft-2020-james-rowe-adelaide-dad-stephen-rowe-cries-on-air-radio-host-5aa-sanfl/news-story/680055193ced66c03f5243725bd2a3a4 |access-date=11 December 2020 |work=Fox Sports |date=10 December 2020 |language=en-AU}}