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]

Family

The son of William de Ross (1834-1908),[2] and Anne Robinson de Ross (1862-1913), née Clough, Adam Gower Sutherland de Ross was born at Talbot, Victoria on 1 April 1890.

Football

St Kilda (VFL)

Brunswick (VFA)

After eight games with St Kilda in 1909 he transferred to Brunswick,[3] where he played until enlisting to serve in the Royal Flying Corps in World War I.[4]

Death

He died on his first active mission after being shot down over France in 1917.[5][6] He is commemorated at the Arras Flying Services Memorial.[7]

See also

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. ^ Deaths: de Ross, The Age, (Friday, 10 January 1908), p.1.
  3. ^ Permit "St Kilda to Brunswick" granted on 18 May 1910:"ASSOCIATION CLUBS". The Argus. No. 19, 914. Victoria, Australia. 19 May 1910. p. 5.
  4. ^ "Brunswick Confident of Success". Sporting Globe. No. 284. Victoria, Australia. 18 April 1925. p. 5.
  5. ^ "AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS WOUNDED AND MISSING FILES - Adam Gower Sutherland De Ross". Australian War Memorial.
  6. ^ In Memoriam: de Ross, The Argus, (Thursday, 14 February 1918), p.1.
  7. ^ Second Lieutenant Adam Gower Sutherland de Ross, Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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