Bob Ross
Collingwood
AFL career
10 games10 goals
- Debut
- R10 1929 v CAR6 July 1929
- Most recent
- R2 1931 v HAW9 May 1931
Stats
1931 | COL | 1 | 1.0 |
1930 | COL | 5 | 1.2 |
1929 | COL | 4 | 0.8 |
Bio
Recruited from Fairfield Amateurs, Bob Ross was a talented local rover who faced the enviable but frustrating task of breaking into Collingwood’s legendary "Machine" side of the late 1920s. Standing just 163cm, he was a courageous and skilful ball-winner with surprising overhead ability and excellent disposal, but he found his pathway to senior football blocked by champion rovers Harry Collier and Bill Libbis. Ross proved he was a class above the lower grades by winning the 1929 reserves Best and Fairest, yet he could only manage 10 senior appearances across three seasons during the club’s golden era. In a display of immense loyalty, he refused to transfer to another VFL club to play against the Magpies, instead moving to the VFA with Northcote in 1932. There he flourished, winning the Recorder Cup and playing in four premierships to cement his status as a star who was simply in the right place at the wrong time at Victoria Park.
Profile
- Born
- 17 Aug 1908
- Died
- 03 July 1988 (aged 79y 321d)
- Birthplace
- Omeo, VIC
- Height
- 163 cm
- Weight
- 58 kg
Teams
Family
- Brother:Jack Ross
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from Fairfield Amateurs, Bob Ross was a talented local rover who faced the enviable but frustrating task of breaking into Collingwood’s legendary "Machine" side of the late 1920s. Standing just 163cm, he was a courageous and skilful ball-winner with surprising overhead ability and excellent disposal, but he found his pathway to senior football blocked by champion rovers Harry Collier and Bill Libbis. Ross proved he was a class above the lower grades by winning the 1929 reserves Best and Fairest, yet he could only manage 10 senior appearances across three seasons during the club’s golden era. In a display of immense loyalty, he refused to transfer to another VFL club to play against the Magpies, instead moving to the VFA with Northcote in 1932. There he flourished, winning the Recorder Cup and playing in four premierships to cement his status as a star who was simply in the right place at the wrong time at Victoria Park.