Jimmy Ross (rugby union)
Birth name | James Ross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of death | 22 December 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | George Heriot's School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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93rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1979–1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Lex Govan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Cliff Wilton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jimmy Ross was a Scottish rugby union player. He was the 93rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union.[1]
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
He went to George Heriot's School and was captain of the school in 1940.[2]
Referee career[]
He refereed in the 1954 Kelso Sevens.[4]
Administrative career[]
He was a president of Heriots.[5]
He was Vice-President of the SRU in 1978.[6]
Ross became the 93rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1979 to 1980.[7][8]
Death[]
Ross died on 22 December 1997. The Glasgow Herald told of the time when Ross - with a SRU party of dignities - was with their sports journalist travelling to watch Scotland play France. The party was directed by the French police the wrong way up a one-way street to speed their progress to the Parc des Princes. The journalist recalled Ross's quip: 'If they had got their army to the Front this quickly, the course of history might have been changed'. The obituary noted that Ross was a journalist's delight: a man with an opinion on everything; and his best stories were told against himself.[9]
He was cremated on 29 December 1997.[10]
References[]
- ^ https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf
- ^ https://www.george-heriots.com/former-pupils/other-items-for-fps/school-captains-and-duxes
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002162/19540910/073/0004. Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf
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(help) - ^ "Featherweight Naseem has the ego of a heavyweight fighting against the ring of truth Prince, the uncrowned king of phoney showmanship".
- ^ "James Ross".
- 1997 deaths
- Scottish rugby union players
- Presidents of the Scottish Rugby Union
- Heriot's RC players
- Scottish rugby union referees
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs