Frederick William Rose (26 December 1919 – 27 March 1988)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3]
After initially serving in the Army Reserve, Fred Rose enlisted in the Australian Army in April 1943 and served until late 1945, including a for four-month stint in the Solomon Islands.[4]
While serving in the Army, Rose played for Carlton in the first two rounds of the 1945 VFL season, remaining with the club through 1946 but never again playing for the senior team.
In October 1946 Frederick Rose married Nancye Marie McGeachin (1924–1998) and they subsequently lived on farms near Sea Lake, Wangaratta and Moama.
Notes
- ^ "FOOTBALLER GAINS HIGH AWARD". The Argus. No. 30, 760. Victoria, Australia. 31 March 1945. p. 12.
- ^ "Fred Rose - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 722. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
- ^ "World War II Roll: ROSE, Frederick William". Department of Veterans Affairs.
External links
- Fred Rose's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Fred Rose's profile at Blueseum
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