Paul Gow (footballer)

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Paul Gow
Personal information
Full name Paul Gow
Date of birth (1969-05-27) 27 May 1969 (age 48)
Original team(s) Swan Districts, (WAFL)
Draft No. 8, 1990 AFL Draft
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1991 Footscray 7 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1994.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Paul Gow (born 27 May 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer who played seven games for Footscray in the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1991. [1]

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From Perth, Western Australia, Gow attended Guildford Grammar School, [2] and was recruited from the Swan Districts Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) with the 8th selection in the 1990 AFL Draft. [3] He had been a member of Swan Districts' 1990 WAFL premiership team. At the end of the 1991 season he was traded back to Western Australia, to play for the West Coast Eagles. However he couldn't break into the powerful Eagles side, and played his only game for the club in a preseason practice match. He continued to play for Swans, playing a total of 78 games, before he left the club following a dispute in 1994. His father Peter Gow played nineteen games for Subiaco in the 1960s. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 237. ISBN   1-74095-001-1 .
  2. 1 2 Head, Ron (21 April 2012). "Where Are They Now?: Peter and Paul Gow".
  3. ↑ Lovett, Michael (ed.). AFL Record Season Guide 2010. p. 416. ISBN   978-0-9806274-5-9.


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