Edward M. Rowell
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Edward Michael Rowell | ||
| Date of birth | 15 June 1876 | ||
| Place of birth | Vaughan, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 21 July 1965 (aged 89) | ||
| Place of death | Kew, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Kalgoorlie | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1901–1915 | Collingwood | 189 (175) | |
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| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1907–1908 | Collingwood | 12 (6–6–0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Edward Michael "Ted" Rowell (15 June 1876 – 21 July 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Born in Victoria, Australia (or Kalgoorlie, Western Australia according to another source), as a teenager in the 1890s Rowell was attracted to the goldfields in Western Australia and as a youngster was proficient in cricket, foot running and Australian rules football. Playing in the Kalgoorlie-based Goldfields Football League for five years, Rowell booted over 250 goals, which earned him representation in Perth in the first Australian rules goldfield representative side in 1896.
Rowell made his VFL debut with the Collingwood Football Club during the 1901 VFL season (at 24 years of age). He was not an overly tall player at 178 cm and weighing 80 kg but his great advantage was his speed (which had also been useful in his career as a professional runner). Rowell scored 31 goals in the 1901 season and 33 goals in 1902, playing as a key position forward.
Rowell played in the 1903 Collingwood premiership side before moving back to Western Australia in 1904, however this was only a one-off and he attempted a return to Collingwood in 1905, but for the League not allowing a permit for him to play. He sat out the 1905 season but returned in 1906. In 1907 Rowell was switched to defence where he became one of the first truly attacking full-backs. Prior to this full-backs did not create run out of defence and acted more like a goalkeeper. He remained a full-back until 1914. Trademarks of his play would be to "tap the ball to himself and run along the wing" as well as his placekicking, which travelled 60 yards.
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