| Alex Rosser | |
| Fullname: | Alexander Rosser |
| Birth Date: | 19 November 1879 |
| Birth Place: | Geelong, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Newtown |
| Statsend: | 1903 |
| Years1: | 1903 |
| Games Goals1: | 8 (1) |
Alexander Rosser (19 November 1879 – 8 October 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The son of William Rosser (1849-1920),[1] [2] and Janet Rosser (1853-1929), née Emond,[3] Alexander Rosser was born at Geelong, Victoria on 19 November 1879.
He married Elizabeth "Bessie" Podger (1881-1944) in 1902.[4]
He played 8 senior games for the Essendon Football Club in 1903,[5] and represented the VFL in a match against a combined Ballarat Football Association Team on 27 June 1903.[6] [7]
He enlisted in the First AIF on 11 December 1914. He served overseas, leaving Australia on HMAT on 12 February 1915, and returned (to Melbourne) on HMAT on 9 September 1915. He was discharged from the army on medical grounds on 1 December 1915.[8]
He died at the Repatriation General Hospital in Heidelberg, Victoria on 8 October 1949.[9]
