| Jimmy Ross | |||||||||||
| Birth Name: | James Ross | ||||||||||
| Death Date: | 22 December 1997 | ||||||||||
| Ru Position: | Prop | ||||||||||
| Amatteam1: | Heriots | ||||||||||
| Ru Refereeyears1: | 1954 | ||||||||||
| Ru Refereecomps1: | Kelso Sevens | ||||||||||
| School: | George Heriot's School | ||||||||||
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Jimmy Ross was a Scottish rugby union player. He was the 93rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union.[1]
He went to George Heriot's School and was captain of the school in 1940.[2]
He refereed in the 1954 Kelso Sevens.[4]
He was a president of Heriots.[5]
He was Vice-President of the SRU in 1978.[6]
Ross became the 93rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1979 to 1980.[7] [8]
Ross died on 22 December 1997. The Glasgow Herald told of the time when Ross - with a SRU party of dignities - was with their sports journalist travelling to watch Scotland play France. The party was directed by the French police the wrong way up a one-way street to speed their progress to the Parc des Princes. The journalist recalled Ross's quip: 'If they had got their army to the Front this quickly, the course of history might have been changed'. The obituary noted that Ross was a journalist's delight: a man with an opinion on everything; and his best stories were told against himself.[9]
He was cremated on 29 December 1997.[10]