Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
Ralph Rose
Full name
Ralph Desmond Rose Date of birth
2 February 1943 Place of birth
Nyah West , Victoria Date of death
14 October 1992(1992-10-14) (aged 49) Original team(s)
Nyah West[ 1] Height
180 cm (5 ft 11 in) Weight
74 kg (163 lb) Years
Club
Games (Goals) 1962–1963
Collingwood
23 (9)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1963.
Sources: AFL Tables , AustralianFootball.com
Ralph Desmond Rose (2 February 1943 - 14 October 1992)[ 2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Rose, a Nyah West recruit, appeared in the opening 16 rounds of the 1962 VFL season .[ 3] The centre half-forward played a further nine games in 1963.[ 3]
He is the youngest of the four Rose brothers who played for Collingwood, Bill , Bob and Kevin .[ 4]
In 1964 he accepted an offer to captain-coach Wycheproof-Narraport and in 1967 he joined Maryborough as playing coach.[ 5] [ 6] He continued to coach clubs into the 1970s, including Avenel .[ 7]
References
^ The Age ,"Collingwood Wingman Available" , 3 May 1961, p. 10
^ "Ralph Rose" . Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 27 August 2014 .
^ a b "AFL Tables: Ralph Rose" . afltables.com .
^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers . BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5 .
^ The Age ,"Coaching Job" , 11 February 1964, p. 10
^ The Age ,"Maryborough hard to beat at home" , 18 May 1967, p. 28
^ The Age ,"Yea to test premiers" , 4 May 1973, p. 16