Kevin Grose Explained

Kevin Grose
Birth Date:18 June 1954
Originalteam:Reservoir Old Boys
Height:180 cm
Weight:80 kg
Statsend:1977
Years1:1975–1977
Club1:Collingwood
Games Goals1:32 (10)

Kevin Grose (18 June 1954 – 27 November 2012)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

A Reservoir Old Boy, Grose played as a half back flanker for Collingwood over three league seasons.[2] He played 12 games in 1975 and a further 15 in the 1976 VFL season.[3] By 1977 he was only a fringe player, with Collingwood building a side which would contest that year's grand final.[3]

Grose was then appointed captain-coach of Diamond Valley Football League club North Heidelberg in 1978. He promptly steered them a premiership in his first season in charge, their first flag in 16 years.[4] In 1978 he also was the league's equal leading goal-kicker on 80 goals.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kevin Grose. Collingwood Forever. 21 December 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141222011157/https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/kevin-grose/. 22 December 2014. dmy-all.
  2. Book: Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim. The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. 2007. 978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/K/Kevin_Grose.html AFL Tables: Kevin Grose
  4. The Age,"Flag after 16 years", 14 September 1978, p. 29