George Ross | |
Full Name: | George Robert Porter Ross |
Birth Date: | 1 November 1925 |
Birth Place: | Portadown, Northern Ireland |
Death Place: | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Position: | Back-row |
Repyears1: | 1955 |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
George Robert Porter Ross (1 November 1925 — 17 March 2015) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Ross was born in Portadown and served as a Commando during World War II.[1]
A CIYMS player, Ross gained his solitary Ireland cap during the 1955 Five Nations, as one of five changes for the match against Wales at Cardiff Arms Park, replacing Dave MacSweeney in the back-row.[2]
Ross was later headmaster of Movilla Secondary School in Newtownards.[3]