Maurie Fowler

Maurice John Fowler (born 10 August 1944 in Geelong) is a former Australian rules footballer, after making the senior list of the Carlton Football Club for 5 years and finally moving to Melbourne from Kyabram (where he played 120 games) in 1966 and played 8 senior games.

In 1967 he transferred to Williamstown in the VFA before returning to the Goulburn Valley Football League, playing one season with Mooroopna and one season with Kyabram, before accepting the position as playing coach of the Palm Beach Currumbin Football Club on the Queensland Gold Coast in 1970.

He coached Palm Beach Currumbin to 2 premierships between 1970 & 1974 before returning to Victoria as playing coach of the Robinvale Football Club in the Sunraysia Football League.

After only 1 season at Robinvale where the club finished third, Fowler was appointed playing coach of the Hay (NSW) Football Club in the Mid Murray Football League. Within six months Fowler was appointed General Manager of the Hay Services Club.

Fowler retired as a player in 1977 but continued to coach Hay before accepting the position of General Manager of the Cobram-Barooga Golf Club on the NSW – Victorian border. During his time at Cobram Fowler returned to coaching in 1982 & 1983, taking Cobram into their first Murray League Grand Final appearance in 9 years.

After Retirement

Upon the introduction of poker machines into Victoria, Fowler was appointed by the Victoria Racing Club as the VRC’s Gaming Manager at the Flemington Race Course. In 1996 he purchased the Globe Hotel in Mount Gambier, South Australia and re-developed the Hotel into Flanagan’s Irish Pub. More recently he has been involved in developing an over 50’s Residential Village in Tasmania and providing business information and support for Australian Business Visa Applicants.

References

• Maurie Fowler's statistics from AFL Tables
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
• Victoria Racing Club

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Name	Fowler, Maurie
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Date of birth	10 August 1944
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