Jim Ross (Australian footballer)

Jim Ross
Ross during his St Kilda career
Personal information
Full name	James Allan Ross[1]
Date of birth	(1927-10-18)18 October 1927
Date of death	18 September 2015(2015-09-18) (aged 87)
Place of death	Launceston, Tasmania
Original team(s)	Ringwood, Victoria
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	79.5 kg (175 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1946–1954	St Kilda	139 (171)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954.
Career highlights
St Kilda Best and Fairest 1949, 1951–1952 St Kilda Leading goalkicker 1954 St Kilda Team of the Century member Victorian state representative four times
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Allan Ross (18 October 1927 – 18 September 2015) was an Australian rules footballer in the VFL. He was a star ruckman and centre half-forward.

Ross won three club Best and Fairest awards. He left St Kilda and coached in Tasmania when only 26 years old, winning All-Australian selection in 1958.

He was a member of St Kilda's Team of the Century, and he was the fifth Tasmanian inducted into St Kilda's Hall of Fame. During his career at St Kilda, he represented Victoria four times.

Ross died at the Launceston General Hospital in Launceston, Tasmania, on 18 September 2015.^[2]

References

1. "Tribute:Jim Ross". Herald Sun.
2. Poulter, Geoff (23 September 2015). "Tasmania's St Kilda legend Jim Ross dies, aged 87". The Mercury. Retrieved 22 September 2015.

External links

• St Kilda Hall of Fame Profile
• Saints honour roll