Alex Rosser
| Alex Rosser | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Alexander Rosser | ||
| Date of birth | 19 November 1879 | ||
| Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 8 October 1949 (aged 69) | ||
| Place of death |
Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Newtown | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1903 | Essendon | 8 (1) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1903. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Alexander Rosser (19 November 1879 – 8 October 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
[edit]The son of William Rosser (1849-1920),[1][2] and Janet Rosser (1853-1929), née Emond,[3] Alexander Rosser was born at Geelong, Victoria on 19 November 1879.
He married Elizabeth "Bessie" Podger (1881-1944) in 1902.[4]
Football
[edit]He played 8 senior games for the Essendon Football Club in 1903,[5] and represented the VFL in a match against a combined Ballarat Football Association Team on 27 June 1903.[6][7]
Military service
[edit]He enlisted in the First AIF on 11 December 1914. He served overseas, leaving Australia on HMAT Runic on 12 February 1915, and returned (to Melbourne) on HMAT Themistocles on 9 September 1915. He was discharged from the army on medical grounds on 1 December 1915.[8]
Death
[edit]He died at the Repatriation General Hospital in Heidelberg, Victoria on 8 October 1949.[9]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Deaths: Rosser, The Geelong Advertiser, (Saturday, 29 May 1920), p.1.
- ^ Fatal Accident at Fyansford, The Geelong Advertiser, (Friday, 28 May 1920), p.3.
- ^ Deaths: Rosser, The Argus, (Tuesday, 30 July 1929), p.8.
- ^ Deaths: Rosser, The Age, (Tuesday, 30 May 1944), p.5.
- ^ The Essendon Football Team,Melbourne Punch, (Thursday, 25 June 1903), p.15.
- ^ Maplestone (1996), p.64.
- ^ League v. Ballarat, The Herald, (Saturday, 27 June 1903), p.4.
- ^ Service Record.
- ^ Deaths: Rosser, The Age, (Monday, 10 October 1949), p.7.
References
[edit]- First World War Nominal Roll: Private Alexander Rosser (1622), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
- First World War Embarkation Roll: Private Alexander Rosser (1622), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
- First World War Service Record: Private Alexander Rosser (1622), National Archives of Australia.
- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
External links
[edit]- Alex Rosser's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Alex Rosser at AustralianFootball.com
 | This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1870s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |