Vivian Rowe

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Vivian Rowe

| image = V F Rowe - Wimbledon.jpg

| image_size = 150

| caption = Rowe while with Wimbledon in 1925.

| fullname = Vivian Frederick Rowe

| birth_date = 18 February 1901

| birth_place = Lambeth, England

| death_date = September 1967 (aged 66){{Cite web |title=Players: Viv Rowe |url=http://www.historicaldons.com/player.php?od=4&id=683 |access-date=5 October 2017 |website=www.historicaldons.com}}

| death_place = Ashford, England

| position = Inside forward

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1921–1924

| clubs1 = Wimbledon

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1924

| clubs2 = Dulwich Hamlet

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1924–1925

| clubs3 = Brentford

| caps3 = 4

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 1925–1927

| clubs4 = Hampstead

| caps4 = 12

| goals4 = 7

| years5 = 1927–1929

| clubs5 = Wimbledon

| caps5 =

| goals5 =

| years6 = 1932–1933

| clubs6 = Hampstead

| caps6 = 1

| goals6 = 0

}}

Vivian Frederick Rowe (18 February 1901 – September 1967) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as an inside forward.{{Cite book |last1=Haynes |first1=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914 |location=Harefield |pages=138}}

Personal life

Rowe was the uncle of table tennis sisters Rosalind and Diane Rowe.{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Jean |date=10 January 2019 |title=Rowe, Rosalind (1933–2015) |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-110538 |access-date=1 May 2020 |website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.110538|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 }} His younger brother, Ronald, was also an amateur footballer.

Career statistics

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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |FA Cup

! colspan="2" |Other

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

Brentford

|1924–25{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |page=368}}

|Third Division South

|4

|1

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |―

|4

|1

rowspan="5" |Hampstead

|1924–25{{Cite web |title=Former Staff – Vic Rowe |url=https://www.hendonfc.net/Squad?method=view&id=1601 |access-date=5 July 2019 |website=Greensnet – Official Hendon FC}}

| rowspan="4" |Athenian League

|6

|4

|0

|0

|1Appearance in Middlesex Senior Cup

|0

|7

|4

1925–26

|2

|3

|0

|0

|1Appearance in Middlesex Senior Charity Cup

|0

|3

|3

1926–27

|4

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|5

|0

1927–28

|0

|0

|0

|0

|1

|1

|1

|1

colspan="2" |Total

!12

!7

!0

!0

!4

!1

!16

!8

rowspan="2" |Hampstead

|1932–33

|Athenian League

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!13

!7

!0

!0

!4

!1

!17

!8

colspan="3" |Career total

!17

!8

!0

!0

!4

!1

!21

!9

References