Noel Ross

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
1945–47, 1949	Richmond
	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

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

Prior to his VFL football career, Ross served in the Australian Army during World War II.^[2]

Football

Foster

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)

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

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

^ 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

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

Noel Ross's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Noel Ross at AustralianFootball.com

[1] Holmesby & Main (2014), p.768.

[2] Nominal Roll.

[3] Foster Player Breaks Leg, The Argus, (Monday, 10 May 1954), p.15.

[4] Hogan (1996), p.195.

[5] VFL Permits: To Richmond, The Argus, (Thursday, 19 April 1945), p.12.

[6] Lacy, H.A., "Noel Ross has always been a Tiger", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 18 May 1946), p.5.

[7] New Offer to Fanning, The Age, (Tuesday, 20 April 1948), p.8.

[8] Hogan (1996), pp.195, 274, 312.

[9] "1951 - CGFL Awards". Trove Newspapers. Morwell Advertiser (Morwell, Vic). 23 August 1951. p. 6.

[10] "1951 - Rodda Medal". Trove Newspapers. Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). 22 August 1951. p. 12.

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