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Full name
Stewart Loewe
Known as
Stewart Loewe
Born
23 May 1968 (age 55)
Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 18y 1d
Last game: 34y 100d
Height and weight
Height: 194 cm
Weight: 108 kg
Senior clubs
St. Kilda; Australia
Jumper numbers
St. Kilda: 50, 23
Club | League | Career span | Games | Goals | Avg | Win % | AKI | AHB | AMK | BV |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. Kilda | V/AFL | 1986-2002 | 321 | 594 | 1.85 | 42% | 10.49 | 4.65 | 7.80 | 126 |
Australia | IR | 1990 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | — |
Total | 1986-2002 | 324 | 594 | 1.83 | — | — | — | — | — |
AFL: 9,714th player to appear, 55th most games played, 36th most goals kickedSt. Kilda: 1,325th player to appear, 4th most games played, 4th most goals kicked
Recruited from Mt Eliza, Stewart Loewe made his VFL debut with St Kilda in 1986, and scored a goal with his first kick. Almost preternaturally strong overhead (it was said his hands were the biggest in football), he topped the league in marks in 1990, 1993, 1996 and 1997. He was also a competent player at ground level, but his kicking sometimes let him down. Nevertheless, he booted 594 goals in 321 games, and topped the Saints' goal kicking list in 1995 and 1996, when he spent a lot of his time at full forward.
An AFL All Australian in 1991 and 1992, Loewe won St Kilda's best and fairest award on one occasion and was runner-up four times. Wholeheartedly committed to the Saints' cause, he was co-captain along with Nathan Burke from until 1998. He was still producing highly effective football up until the time that he chose to leave the AFL at the end of the 2002 season. He later played for Old Haileyburians in the VAFA.
Author - John Devaney