Noel Ross
| Noel Ross | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Albert Noel Ross | ||
| Date of birth | 25 December 1922 | ||
| Place of birth | Auburn, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 18 March 2003 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Foster, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Foster | ||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Half Forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1945–47, 1949 | Richmond | 35 (38) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Albert Noel Ross (25 December 1922 – 18 March 2003) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
[edit]The son of John Ross (1896–1985), and Lillian Florence Ross (1898–1975), née Bridgman, Albert Noel Ross was born at Auburn, Victoria on 25 December 1922.
Military service
[edit]Prior to his VFL football career, Ross served in the Australian Army during World War II.[2]
Football
[edit]Foster
[edit]He played with the Foster Football Club in the Alberton League over many years: 1937-1944, 1948 (when he won the competition's best and fairest), 1954,[3] 1957, 1959, 1960 (captain-coach in 1954 and 1959), playing his last match at the age of 37.[4]
Richmond (VFL)
[edit]Recruited from Foster in 1945.[5][6] He played with Richmond over four seasons, 1945, 1946, 1947, and 1949 — he returned to Foster for the 1948 season[7] — playing in 35 First XVII games and 21 Second XVIII games (including the 1947 Second's Grand Final).[8]
Mirboo North
[edit]He played with Mirboo North for two seasons (1950-1951); and, in 1951, won the Mid Gippsland Football League's best and fairest award.[9][10]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.768.
- ^ Nominal Roll.
- ^ Foster Player Breaks Leg, The Argus, (Monday, 10 May 1954), p.15.
- ^ Hogan (1996), p.195.
- ^ VFL Permits: To Richmond, The Argus, (Thursday, 19 April 1945), p.12.
- ^ de Lacy, H.A., "Noel Ross has always been a Tiger", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 18 May 1946), p.5.
- ^ New Offer to Fanning, The Age, (Tuesday, 20 April 1948), p.8.
- ^ Hogan (1996), pp.195, 274, 312.
- ^ "1951 - CGFL Awards". Trove Newspapers. Morwell Advertiser (Morwell, Vic). 23 August 1951. p. 6.
- ^ "1951 - Rodda Medal". Trove Newspapers. Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). 22 August 1951. p. 12.
References
[edit]- World War Two Nominal Roll: Private Albert Noel Ross (VX78626), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
- A13860, VX78626: World War Two Service Record: Private Albert Noel Ross (VX78626), National Archives of Australia.
- B883, VX78626: World War Two Service Record: Private Albert Noel Ross (VX78626), National Archives of Australia.
- Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
External links
[edit]- Noel Ross's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Noel Ross at AustralianFootball.com