Stewart Loewe (born 23 May 1968) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

player for the

St Kilda Football Club The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league. The club's name originates fro ...

. Nicknamed "Buckets" for his big hands and the way he was able to mark the ball with ease, Loewe debuted in 1986 for the

after being recruited from Mount Eliza. He played junior football for P. & C. Junior Football Club based in Delacombe Park, Frankston, where his large size helped him excel in the position of ruckman, though he was also known for his poor kicking that would plague him throughout his AFL career. At centre-half-forward, Loewe formed a lethal forward-line partnership with full-forward

Tony Lockett Anthony Howard Lockett (born 9 March 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club and Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). Nicknamed "Plugger", he played as a full forward, full-forwar ...

. He had an awkward kicking style which sometimes resulted in missing easy shots, but his ability to kick long goals and consistent contested marking more than made up for it. He went on to enjoy a great career, winning

All-Australian The All-Australian team is an all-star team of Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including an interchange bench, of the best-perfo ...

selection in 1991 and 1992, winning the E. J. Whitten Medal in 1992 and co-captaining the side from 1996 to 1998. Loewe played in St Kilda's 1996 AFL Ansett Australia Cup winning side. Loewe played in 21 of 22 matches in the 1997 AFL premiership season home and away rounds in which St Kilda Football Club qualified in first position for the 1997 AFL Finals Series, winning the club's 2nd Minor Premiership and 1st McClelland Trophy. He retired in 2002, with 321 games, a record only surpassed at the Saints by Nathan Burke and Robert Harvey. He was known to have been courted by other clubs during his career, most notably Fremantle on their introduction to the AFL, however he tells a less known story about the tim
Loewe nearly joined league heavyweights Essendon
before deciding to stay a one-club legend at St Kilda. Loewe later played 68 games for Old Haileybury Amateur Football Club and played in the 2006 A Grade Premiership. He now coaches the senior team at Old Haileybury.

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* Trevor Barker Award winners St Kilda Football Club players 1968 births Living people All-Australians (AFL) Australian people of German descent Victorian State of Origin players People educated at Haileybury (Melbourne) Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Old Haileyburians Amateur Football Club players E. J. Whitten Medal winners Australia international rules football team players 20th-century Australian sportsmen People educated at Peninsula Grammar {{AFL-bio-1960s-stub