Percy Rowe

Percival Henry Rowe (4 January 1896 – 27 August 1976) was a player and coach in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Victorian Football Association (VFA).

Rowe initially played for Christmastown in the Chiltern & District Football Association, then in 1915, he played for Lake Rovers Football Club[1] in the Ovens and Murray Football League grand final when Rutherglen defeated Lake Rovers.

He then returned to Collingwood Football Club and played in their 1927 and 1928 VFL premierships.

He played and coached at Northcote from 1929 until 1933, winning three premierships (1929,[4] 1932[5] and 1933) and finishing runners-up twice (1930–31) in those five seasons.

[7] After leaving Northcote,[8] Rowe was the coach of the Fitzroy Football Club in 1935[9] and the Carlton Football Club for the 1937 season before he was replaced by captain-coach Brighton Diggins.