Jump to content

Tommy Ross (speed skater)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tommy Ross
Personal information
Full nameThomas Cochrane Ross
NationalityBritish
Born(1927-09-01)1 September 1927
Glasgow, Scotland
Died19 February 2021(2021-02-19) (aged 93)[1]
Sport
SportSpeed skating

Thomas Cochrane "Tommy" Ross (1 September 1927 – 19 February 2021) was a British speed skater. He competed in two events at the 1948 Winter Olympics.[2] Ross emigrated to the United States in 1953, becoming a naturalised citizen in 1963. He married Rita Paton in 1954 in New York. The couple settled in Evanston, Illinois, where he worked as a tool maker.[3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Obituary: Tommy Ross". Vail Daily. Swift Communications. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Thomas Ross". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Illinois, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991". Ancestry. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
[edit]