Bob Rose (footballer)

Bob Rose
Personal information
Full name	Robert Arthur Rose
Date of birth	(1928-08-07)7 August 1928
Place of birth	Nyah West, Victoria
Date of death	7 July 2003(2003-07-07) (aged 74)
Place of death	Cabrini Hospital, Malvern, Victoria
Original team(s)	Nyah West
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1946–1955	Collingwood	152 (214)
1956–1962	Wangaratta Rovers	126 (294)
Total		278 (508)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1964–1971	Collingwood	168 0(111–55–2)
1972–1975	Footscray	089 00(42–45–2)
1985–1986	Collingwood	025 00(10–15–0)
Total		282 (163–115–4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1955.
Career highlights
Nyah West Premiership 1945 Nyah West Best & Fairest 1945 Mid Murray Football League Best & Fairest 1945 Collingwood best and fairest 1949, 1951-52-53 Runner-up Brownlow Medal 1953 Collingwood leading goalkicker 1953 All-Australian 1953 Sports Life Team of the Year 1951-52-53-54 Wangaratta Rovers Premiership Captain/Coach 1958, 1960 Ovens & Murray Morris Medal 1958, 1960 Ovens & Murray Leading Goalkicker 1960 (57) Wangaratta Rovers Best & Fairest 1956,57,59,1960 Collingwood Team of the Century (centre) 1997 AFLPA Award for Most Courageous Player named in his honour Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee, 1996 Ovens & Murray Hall of Fame 2005 Wangaratta Rovers Hall of Fame 2001
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Robert Arthur Rose (7 August 1928 – 7 July 2003) was an Australian rules footballer and coach in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players ever to play for Collingwood.^[1]