heightweight years clubs birth_place article_title currentclub position statsend originalteam birth_date guernsey draftpick name
191 cm / 91 kg 1999-2008 , 2010 - 2001 norwood -lrb- sanfl -rrb- -lrb- afl -rrb- broken hill , new south wales stuart bown
 norwood -lrb- sanfl -rrb- key position / defence 2011 west broken hill robins 24 august 1978 22 '' na '' stuart bown
stuart bown

stuart bown -lrb- born 24 august 1978 in broken hill , new south wales -rrb- is an australian rules footballer who played in the australian football league -lrb- afl -rrb- for the adelaide crows and currently plays for norwood in the south australian national football league -lrb- sanfl -rrb- .
bown was recruited by norwood from the west broken hill robins and played a couple of seasons in the lower grades before making his league debut in 1999 .
he won the clubs under 19 's best & fairest award in 1997 as well as playing in the redlegs sanfl u/19 premierhip the same year .
he moved to the reserves in 1998 and repeated his 1997 success by winning the reserves best & fairest and playing in norwood 's sanfl reserves premiership .
he made his league debut for the redlegs against central district in round 3 of the 1999 season .
his form with norwood -lrb- and obvious potential -rrb- was such that he was added to the adelaide crows rookie list in 2000 .
he was elevated to the senior list in 2001 and made his afl debut for the crows against at york park in launceston , tasmania .
bown would go on to make four appearances for the crows during 2001 before he was de-listed at the end of the season .
stuart bown played in norwood 's losing 1999 sanfl grand final team that went down to port adelaide by just 8 points denying him the rare distinction of winning the u/19 , reserves and league grand finals in successive seasons with the same club .
bown continued to be a solid contributor for norwood until he retired at the end of the 2008 season .
after sitting out 2009 he returned to norwood in 2010 and helped the club to its first league grand final since 1999 .
unfortunately for bown and the redlegs they were again defeated , this time by centrals by only 6 points in what was the closest grand final since 1999 .
bown continued into the 2011 sanfl season helping the ` legs to 2nd on the sanfl ladder after the minor round .
he played his 200th game for norwood in the preliminary final loss to woodville-west torrens .
