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]