Gower Ross

Gower Ross
Personal information
Full name Adam Gower Sutherland de Ross
Date of birth (1890-04-01)1 April 1890
Place of birth Talbot, Victoria
Date of death 14 February 1917(1917-02-14) (aged 26)
Place of death Gueudecourt, France
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1909 St Kilda 08 0(2)
1910–1915 Brunswick (VFA) 96 (12)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Adam Gower Sutherland de Ross (1 April 1890 – 14 February 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

After eight games with St Kilda in 1909 he transferred to Brunswick[2] where he played until enlisting to serve in the Royal Air Force in World War I. He died on his first active mission after being shot down over France in 1917.[3][4]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 768. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ↑ "ASSOCIATION CLUBS". The Argus (19, 914). Victoria, Australia. 19 May 1910. p. 5.
  3. ↑ "AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS WOUNDED AND MISSING FILES - Adam Gower Sutherland De Ross". Australian War Memorial.
  4. ↑ "Brunswick Confident of Success". Sporting Globe (284). Victoria, Australia. 18 April 1925. p. 5.


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