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Noel Ross

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Noel Ross
Personal information
Full name Albert Noel Ross
Date of birth (1922-12-25)25 December 1922
Place of birth Auburn, Victoria
Date of death 18 March 2003(2003-03-18) (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

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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

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

Football

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Foster

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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)

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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

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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

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  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. ^ de 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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