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Jack Ross (footballer, born 1895)

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Jack Ross
Personal information
Full name John William Ross
Date of birth (1895-08-15)15 August 1895
Place of birth Ramsbottom,
Lancashire, England
Date of death 29 September 1943(1943-09-29) (aged 48)
Place of death North Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Original team(s) East Geelong[1]
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1919 Geelong 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John William Ross (15 August 1895 – 29 September 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Family

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The son of David Ross (1870-1945), and Elizabeth Ross (1872-1919), John William Ross was born at the Manchester suburb of Ramsbottom on 15 August 1895.

He married Doris Evelyn Temple Dawson (1897-1997) at Heywood, Greater Manchester, England on 15 April 1922.

Notes

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  1. ^ "NOTABLE GOAL-KICKING". The Herald. No. 13532. Victoria, Australia. 20 June 1919. p. 4.
  2. ^ Jack Ross at AustralianFootball.com
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