Jimmy_Ross_(rugby_union)

Jimmy Ross (rugby union)

Jimmy Ross (rugby union)

Scottish rugby union player and referee

Jimmy Ross was a Scottish rugby union player. He was the 93rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union.[1]

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He went to George Heriot's School and was captain of the school in 1940.[2]

He played for Heriots.[3]

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

  1. [1]
    "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby.
  2. [2]
    "School Captains and Duxes George Heriot's School". Archived from the original on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. [4]
    "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. [5]
    "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. [6]
    "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. [7]
    "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby.
  8. [8]
    "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. [9]
    "Featherweight Naseem has the ego of a heavyweight fighting against the ring of truth Prince, the uncrowned king of phoney showmanship".
  10. [10]
    "James Ross".
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