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Don Ross
Personal information
Born (1934-02-20)20 February 1934
Died 15 July 2026(2026-07-15) (aged 92)
Original team North Albury (OMFL)
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1950-51 & 1959-62 North Albury 110 (55)
1952–1958 Footscray 129 (20)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1958.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Donald Andrew Ross (20 February 1934 – 15 July 2026) was an Australian rules footballer who represented Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3]

Biography

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Originally from North Albury[4] in the Ovens & Murray Football League[5] where he played in North Albury's losing 1950 Ovens & Murray Football League grand final.

Ross played 16 VFL senior matches in 1952 and won Footscray's best first year player award.[6]

He played as a centreman[7] but was also used as a ruck-rover or at half forward for Footscray.[8]

Ross played in Footscray's 1954 VFL Grand Final premiership win against Melbourne.[9] He won Footscray's best and fairest award in 1956.

He returned home as captain-coach of North Albury from 1959 to 1962.[10] Ross was runner up in the 1961 and 1962 Ovens & Murray Football League best and fairest award, the Morris Medal.[11]

Ross was then captain-coach of Burrumbuttock Football Club in 1963 in the Hume Football League before retiring from football.

He was inducted into the Western Bulldogs Hall of Fame in 2018.[12]

Ross died on 15 July 2026, at the age of 92.[13] His son, Paul Ross played with Footscray in 1980.

References

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  1. ↑ "1951 - Don Ross fairest, best". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW : 1934 - 1935; 1938 - 1954). 21 September 1951. p. 16. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  2. ↑ "2015 - O&MFNL - Hall of Fame". O&MFNL. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "Vale Don Ross". westernbulldogs.com.au. 15 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "1950 - Young North Player Interviewed by Footscray Officials". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW : 1934 - 1935; 1938 - 1954). 2 June 1950. p. 11. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "1952 - Don Ross going to Footscray". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW : 1934 - 1935; 1938 - 1954). 14 March 1952. p. 18. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "1952 - DON ROSS TIES FOR FOOTSCRAY AWARD". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW : 1934 - 1935; 1938 - 1954). 26 September 1952. p. 16. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "1954 - MELBOURNE OUTPLAYED BY FOOTSCRAY". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 27 September 1954. p. 18. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
  10. ↑ Kevin B. Hill (8 April 2021). "'A DAY AT THE FOOTY WITH DONNY……'". On Reflection. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "1962 - J Sandral wins Morris Medal". Benalla Ensign newspaper. 23 August 1962. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "Hall of Fame: Don Ross". westernbulldogs.com.au. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  13. ↑ "Vale Don Ross". westernbulldogs.com.au. 15 July 2026. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
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