Dave Low

Australian rules footballer (1887–1916)

Australian rules footballer
Dave Low
Personal information
Full name David Low
Date of birth (1887-04-06)6 April 1887
Place of birth North Adelaide, South Australia
Date of death 4 August 1916(1916-08-04) (aged 29)
Place of death Edmonton, London
Original team(s) North Broken Hill
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1910–1915 West Torrens 68 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

David Low (6 April 1887 – 4 August 1916) was an Australian rules footballer who played with West Torrens in the South Australian Football League (SAFL).

Originally from Broken Hill, Low was a defender and debuted for West Torrens in 1910. He finished second in the 1911 Magarey Medal count and won the Medal the following season, becoming the first specialist defender to ever win it as well as the first from West Torrens. He was also Club Champion that season. During his career he was a regular South Australian interstate representative.

Low enlisted in the army in 1915 and went on to serve in Africa and Europe. He died in London on 4 August 1916 after being badly wounded in action.

External links

  • Dave Low at AustralianFootball.com
  • Roll of Honour: David Low
  • National Archives of Australia: David Low
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Magarey Medal winners
The Magarey Medal has been awarded since 1898 to the "best and most brilliant" player in the South Australian National Football League and its various incarnations.
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South Australian team – 1911 Interstate Championships
South Australia 13.18 (96) def. Western Australia 3.5 (23), at Adelaide Oval, 5 August 1911
South Australia 13.13 (91) def. Tasmania 3.6 (24), at Adelaide Oval, 7 August 1911
South Australia 12.20 (92) def. New South Wales 2.9 (21), at Adelaide Oval, 9 August 1911
South Australia 11.11 (77) def. Victoria 5.4 (34), at Adelaide Oval, 12 August 1911
Squad
Managers: J. Hodge (Port Adelaide), A. C. Thomas (Sturt)
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South Australian team – 1912 Interstate matches
Victoria 14.13 (97) def South Australia 10.10 (70), at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 6 July 1912
South Australia 9.8 (62) def Victoria 6.7 (43), at Adelaide Oval, 10 August 1912
Both games
First game only
  • Callinan
  • Keen
  • B. Leahy
  • Oakley
Second game only
  • Dowling
  • Head
  • McCarthy
  • Perry
Managers:
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South Australian team – 1913 Interstate matches
Victoria 10.9 (69) def South Australia 7.13 (55), at Adelaide Oval, 12 July 1913, crowd: 15,000
Victoria 16.12 (108) d South Australia 6.17 (53), at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 16 August 1913
Both games
  • Head (captain - Game 2)
  • Tredrea (vice-captain)
  • Dowling
  • Golding
  • Heinrichs
  • Klose
  • Leahy
  • Steele
  • Taylor
First game only
  • Renfrey (captain - Game 1)
  • Hansen
  • Jones
  • Keen
  • Low
  • Robin
  • Secombe
  • Slattery
  • Stearnes
  • Townsend
Second game only
  • Congear
  • Dugan
  • Eaton
  • Hutton
  • Maynard
  • Magor
  • McKee
  • Oakley
  • Packham
  • Robinson
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South Australian Team – 1914 Australian National Football Carnival
South Australia 12.16 (88) d Western Australia 12.11 (83), at Sydney Cricket Ground, 5 August 1914
South Australia 32.18 (210) d Queensland 2.9 (21), at Sydney Cricket Ground, 7 August 1914
South Australia 16.20 (106) d New South Wales 10.3 (63), at Sydney Cricket Ground, 10 August 1914
South Australia 18.23 (131) d Tasmania 5.7 (37), at Sydney Cricket Ground, 12 August 1914
Victoria 11.11 (77) defeated South Australia 5.10 (44), at Sydney Cricket Ground, 15 August 1914, crowd: 12,000
Referee Medal: John Robertson
Manager: Mr. J. Hodge
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