Charlie Ross (footballer) explained

Charlie Ross
Fullname:	Charles Ross
Birth Date:	12 August 1878
Birth Place:	Beechworth, Victoria
Death Place:	Caulfield, Victoria
Originalteam:	Brunswick
Statsend:	1904
Years1:	1898–99
Club1:	Brunswick (VFA)
Games Goals1:	22 (2)
Years2:	1900–04
Games Goals2:	41 (8)

Charles Ross (12 August 1878 – 20 October 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of George Ross (1844-1920) and Eleanor Ross (1844-1928), née Kearney,^{[2] [3]} Charles Ross was born at Beechworth, Victoria, on 12 August 1878.

He married Eleanor Jane Carss (1886-1978) on 1 June 1911.^[4]

Football

He was cleared from Brunswick to Carlton on 1 June 1900.^{[5] [6]}

He was injured in his last senior match with Carlton, against St Kilda, at the Junction Oval, on 28 May 1904.^[7]

Further reading

• Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2009 . 8th . 978-1-921496-00-4 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.

External links

• • Ross's playing statistics from the VFA Project
• Ross's profile at Blueseum

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2009), p. 723.
2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198657518 Married: Ross—Kearney, The Ovens and Murray Advertiser, (Thursday, 27 June 1867), p.2.
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3947405 Deaths: Ross, The Argus, (Saturday, 25 August 1928), p.13.
4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196223601 Marriages: Ross—Carss, The Age, (Saturday, 1 July 1911), p.7.
5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9543217 The Association Meeting, The Argus, (Saturday, 2 June 1900), p.15.
6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article175404999 Carlton Football Team: Runners-Up for the League Premiership, 1904, The (Melbourne) Punch, (Thursday, 22 September 1904), p.19.
7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10322052 An Even Battle, The Argus, (Monday, 30 May 1904), p.9.