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Alex Rosser

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Alex Rosser
Personal information
Full name Alexander Rosser
Date of birth (1879-11-19)19 November 1879
Place of birth Geelong, Victoria
Date of death 8 October 1949(1949-10-08) (aged 69)
Place of death Repatriation General Hospital,
Heidelberg, Victoria
Original team(s) Newtown
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1903 Essendon 8 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1903.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Alexander Rosser (19 November 1879 – 8 October 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

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The son of William Rosser (1849-1920),[1][2] and Janet Rosser (1853-1929), née Emond,[3] Alexander Rosser was born at Geelong, Victoria on 19 November 1879.

He married Elizabeth "Bessie" Podger (1881-1944) in 1902.[4]

Football

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He played 8 senior games for the Essendon Football Club in 1903,[5] and represented the VFL in a match against a combined Ballarat Football Association Team on 27 June 1903.[6][7]

Military service

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He enlisted in the First AIF on 11 December 1914. He served overseas, leaving Australia on HMAT Runic on 12 February 1915, and returned (to Melbourne) on HMAT Themistocles on 9 September 1915. He was discharged from the army on medical grounds on 1 December 1915.[8]

Death

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He died at the Repatriation General Hospital in Heidelberg, Victoria on 8 October 1949.[9]

Notes

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References

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  • First World War Nominal Roll: Private Alexander Rosser (1622), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
  • First World War Embarkation Roll: Private Alexander Rosser (1622), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
  • First World War Service Record: Private Alexander Rosser (1622), National Archives of Australia.
  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
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