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Kevin Rose (Australian rules footballer)

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Kevin Rose
Personal information
Full name Kevin Thomas Rose
Date of birth (1939-06-04) 4 June 1939 (age 85)
Place of birth Nyah West, Victoria
Original team(s) Nyah West
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1958–1967 Collingwood 159 (47)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1975–1977 Fitzroy 66 (22–44–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1967.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Kevin Thomas Rose OAM (born 4 June 1939) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the VFL. He was one of four brothers who played for Collingwood with the most famous being his older brother Bob Rose.[1]

Rose started his career as a half back flanker before becoming a ruck-rover. He was a Collingwood premiership player in 1958 and played in three losing grand final teams. He subsequently played for six years with Prahran on the Victorian Football Association.[2] In 2003 he was selected in Prahran's Team of the Century.

After retiring as a player he took up coaching and was appointed senior coach of Fitzroy in 1975.

From 1996 to 1998 he was president of the Collingwood Football Club before being replaced by Eddie McGuire.[3]

In 2015 Kevin Rose was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for "service to the community, and to Australian Rules football."[4]

References

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 767. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "Rose, Kevin". The VFA Project.
  3. ^ "President: Kevin Rose". Collingwood Forever.
  4. ^ "Mr Kevin Thomas ROSE". Government of Australia.
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