Chris Gowans

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Chris Gowans (born 13 March 1977) is an Australian rules football player who plays for Central District in the South Australian National Football League.

Chris Gowans was recruited from Werribee Football Club to the St Kilda Football Club of the Australian Football League with the 25th selection in the 1999 Rookie Draft. He failed to play a senior game at St Kilda, so moved to Central District along with twin brother James Gowans, both players league debuting in 2000.^[1] He is the only player to win the Jack Oatey Medal twice.^[2]

Chris, along with twin brother James, has played in an unprecedented 17 consecutive Grand Finals (1995 - 97 with Anglesea, 1998 with Werribee, 1999 with St Kilda Reserves, 2000 - 11 with Central District).

Achievements

Nine-time Premiership player: 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

Jack Oatey Medallist: 2003 & 2007

Leading CDFC League Goal kicker: 2003 (41)

Bob Quinn Medalist 2007

References

External links

Chris Gowans's statistics from AFL Tables

v t e Jack Oatey Medal winners

1981: Ebert 1982: Jenkins 1983: Borchard 1984: Thomas 1985: Kernahan 1986: Hall 1987: Parsons 1988: Abernathy 1989: Johnston 1990: Fiacchi 1991: Hart 1992: Buckley 1993: Sziller 1994: Wakelin 1995: Darcy 1996: Brown 1997: Cunningham 1998: Chalmers 1999: Poole 2000: J. Gowans 2001: Macgowan 2002: Powell 2003: C. Gowans 2004: Steinberner 2005: McCabe 2006: Skipworth 2007: C. Gowans 2008: MacKenzie 2009: Goodrem 2010: Callinan 2011: Parry 2012: Terlich

The Jack Oatey Medal has been awarded since 1981 to the "best" player in the South Australian National Football League Grand Final.

Persondata
Name	Gowans, Chris
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	13 March 1977
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death
Place of death

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