Don Ross (footballer)

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Don Ross
Personal information
Date of birth (1934-02-20) 20 February 1934 (age 89)
Original team(s) North Albury (OMFL)
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1952–1958 Footscray 129 (20)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1958.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Don Ross (born 20 February 1934) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Originally from Albury, Ross played as a centreman [1] but was also used as a ruck-rover or at half forward for Footscray. [2] He played in Footscray's 1954 VFL Grand Final premiership win against Melbourne.

He won the club best and fairest award in 1956 and was inducted into the Western Bulldogs Hall of Fame in 2018. [3]

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The 1954 Footscray season was the club's 29th since they began competing in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1925. After falling short in the Preliminary final the previous season, the Bulldogs finally won through to their first Grand Final, and beat Melbourne to claim their first VFL premiership, making them the first of the teams admitted to the VFL in 1925 to do so.

References

  1. ↑ "One-Quarter Win By Footscray". The Age . No. 30, 912. Victoria, Australia. 31 May 1954. p. 16. Retrieved 10 May 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Footscray Expect Recruit to be 1952 Star". The Lockhart Review And Oaklands Advertiser . Vol. 2, no. 303. New South Wales, Australia. 1 April 1952. p. 7. Retrieved 10 May 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Hall of Fame: Don Ross". westernbulldogs.com.au. Retrieved 9 May 2023.


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