Ross Smith (Australian footballer, born 1942) explained

Ross Smith
Fullname:Ross Gibson Smith
Birth Date:12 September 1942
Originalteam:Hampton Scouts
Debutdate:Round 2, 1961
Debutteam:St Kilda
Debutopponent:Essendon
Debutstadium:Windy Hill
Height:173 cm
Weight:75 kg
Statsend:1975
Years1:1961–1972
Club1:St Kilda
Games Goals1:222 (222)
Years2:1973–1974
Club2:Subiaco
Games Goals2:39 (22)
Years3:1975
Club3:St Kilda
Games Goals3:12 (8)
Coachyears1:1973–1974
Coachclub1:Subiaco
Coachyears2:1977
Coachclub2:St Kilda
Coachgames Wins2:22 (3–17–2)
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Ross Gibson Smith (born 12 September 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Smith played with St Kilda as a courageous rover. He won the Brownlow Medal in 1967 and captained Victoria at the 1972 Perth Carnival. He once broke his arm smothering a ball in the late sixties and recovered to captain the Saints in the early seventies.

He coached Subiaco to a premiership in 1973. He also coached his former club St Kilda for a single season (1977), leading them only three wins and to their first wooden spoon in 22 years.

He also went on to lecture in physical education at Rusden SCV in Melbourne during the 1980s.

He was inducted to the Saints inaugural Hall of Fame in 2003. In addition he was chosen as first rover in St Kilda's Team of the Century.

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