Curtis Rowe, Jr. (born July 2, 1949) is a retired American basketball player.
A 6'7" forward from UCLA, Rowe was drafted by the Dallas Chaparrals in the 1971 ABA Draft and by the Detroit Pistons in the first round of the 1971 NBA Draft. Rowe opted to sign with Detroit and the NBA.
Rowe played eight seasons (1971–1979) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Detroit Pistons and the Boston Celtics. He averaged 11.6 points per game in his career and appeared in the 1976 NBA All-Star Game.
At UCLA, he was a member of three national championship teams coached by John Wooden: 1969, 1970 and 1971. He was one of only 4 players to have started on 3 NCAA championship teams; the others were all teammates at UCLA: Lew Alcindor, Henry Bibby and Lynn Shackelford.
In 1993 Rowe was inducted to the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame.
Kurtis Rowe (born 12 November 1993) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer. He plays as a fullback and winger and previously played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League.
Born in Taranaki, New Zealand, Rowe is of Maori descent and played his junior rugby league for the Waitara Bears, before being signed by the Wests Tigers. After moving to Australia, he attended Keebra Park State High School on the Gold Coast.
In October 2011, Rowe played for the Australian Schoolboys. In 2012 and 2013, he played for the Wests Tigers' NYC team. On 13 September 2013, he re-signed with the Tigers on a 2-year contract. On 13 October 2013, he played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos.
In 2014, Rowe moved on to the Tigers' New South Wales Cup team. On 15 and 16 February, he played for the Tigers in the inaugural NRL Auckland Nines tournament. In Round 6, he made his NRL debut for the Tigers against the North Queensland Cowboys, replacing an injured James Tedesco at fullback in the Tigers' 16-4 win at Campbelltown Stadium. He played 6 consecutive games in a period where regular fullback Tedesco was injured. Later in the season when Tedesco was again injured, Mitchell Moses was instead chosen as his replacement, but Rowe did make two further appearances in first grade near the end of the season.