Kevin Rose (Australian rules footballer) explained

Kevin Rose
Fullname:Kevin Thomas Rose
Birth Date:4 June 1939
Birth Place:Nyah West, Victoria
Originalteam:Nyah West
Height:184 cm
Weight:86 kg
Statsend:1967
Years1:1958–1967
Club1:Collingwood
Games Goals1:159 (47)
Coachyears1:1975–1977
Coachclub1:Fitzroy
Coachgames Wins1:66 (22–44–0)

Kevin Thomas Rose (born 4 June 1939) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the VFL. He was one of four brothers who played for Collingwood with the most famous being his older brother Bob Rose.

Rose started his career as a half back flanker before becoming a ruck-rover. He was a Collingwood premiership player in 1958 and played in three losing grand final teams. He subsequently played for six years with Prahran on the Victorian Football Association.[1] In 2003 he was selected in Prahran's Team of the Century.

After retiring as a player he took up coaching and was appointed senior coach of Fitzroy in 1975.

From 1996 to 1998 he was president of the Collingwood Football Club before being replaced by Eddie McGuire.[2]

In 2015 Kevin Rose was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for "service to the community, and to Australian Rules football."[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rose, Kevin . The VFA Project.
  2. Web site: President: Kevin Rose . Collingwood Forever.
  3. Web site: Mr Kevin Thomas ROSE . Government of Australia.