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Dave Low was an Australian rules footballer who played with West Torrens in the 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 was killed in action on 4 August 1916.
References
Magarey Medal winners 1898: Green • 1899: Malin • 1900: not awarded • 1901: Sandland • 1902: MacKenzie • 1903: Waye • 1904: not awarded • 1905: MacKenzie • 1906: MacKenzie • 1907: Mack • 1908: Tierney • 1909: R. Head • 1910: Hosking • 1911: Cumberland • 1912: Low • 1913: Leahy • 1914: Ashley • 1915: Barry / Hosking / Perry • 1916–18: not awarded • 1919: Moriarty • 1920: Moriarty / Richardson • 1921: Adams / Karney / Moriarty / Scott • 1922: Barnes • 1923: Riley • 1924: Scott • 1925: Bampton / Lill • 1926: McGregor • 1927: McGregor • 1928: Handby • 1929: Snell • 1930: Scott • 1931: Sexton • 1932: Pontifex • 1933: Dunn • 1934: Johnston • 1935: Cockburn • 1936: McCallum • 1937: Hawke • 1938: Quinn • 1939: McArthur / Pash • 1940: Brock • 1941: Boyall • 1942–44: not awarded • 1945: Quinn • 1946: Hank • 1947: Hank • 1948: R. Phillips • 1949: Crabb / R. Phillips • 1950: McKay • 1951: Marriott • 1952: Fitzgerald • 1953: Deane • 1954: Fitzgerald • 1955: L. Head • 1956: Boyd • 1957: Benton / Deane • 1958: L. Head • 1959: Fitzgerald • 1960: Barbary • 1961: Halbert • 1962: Eustice • 1963: L. Head • 1964: Motley • 1965: Window • 1966: Kneebone • 1967: Lindner / Obst • 1968: Robran • 1969: Phillis • 1970: Robran • 1971: R. Ebert • 1972: Blight • 1973: Robran • 1974: R. Ebert • 1975: Woite • 1976: R. Ebert • 1977: Trevor Grimwood • 1978: Hodgeman • 1979: Duckworth • 1980: R. Ebert • 1981: Aish • 1982: McGuinness • 1983: Antrobus • 1984: Platten • 1985: Fielke • 1986: Anderson • 1987: Jarman • 1988: Whittlesea • 1989: McAdam • 1990: Hodges • 1991: Naley • 1992: Buckley • 1993: B. Phillips • 1994: McIntosh • 1995: Kilpatrick / McIntosh • 1996: Francou • 1997: Atkinson / Jarman • 1998: Osborn • 1999: Squire • 2000: Squire • 2001: Brown / O'Connor • 2002: Sheedy / Weatherald • 2003: B. Ebert • 2004: Thomas • 2005: Clayton • 2006: Backwell • 2007: Allan • 2008: Crane • 2009: Archard / Ezard • 2010: Allan • 2011: AllanThe 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. Categories:- West Torrens Football Club players
- Magarey Medal winners
- 1916 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from New South Wales
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