Rover

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Rover may refer to:

Contents 1 Vehicles 1.1 Terran 1.2 Space exploration 2 Sport 3 Other 4 See also

[edit] Vehicles

[edit] Terran

• Rover (bicycle), originating in 1885, the first recognizably modern bicycle
• Rover (car), a car marque, and historically a car company, Rover Ltd.

• Austin Rover Group, part of the British Leyland vehicle manufacturing group of companies
• Rover Group, successor to Austin Rover Group
• MG Rover Group, successor to Rover Group

• Land Rover, a British all-terrain utility vehicles company, formerly associated with Rover Ltd.
• Rover Light Armoured Car, an armoured car built in Australia during the Second World War
• Rover class, a famous class of Great Western Railway broad gauge steam locomotives

[edit] Space exploration

• Lunar Rover, moon exploration vehicle
• Mars Exploration Rover Mission, Mars exploration vehicle
• Rover (space exploration), any exploration vehicle that moves across the surface of a astronomical body.

[edit] Sport

• Softball rover, field position
• "Rover", in American Football the Defensive back
• "Rover", one of the Followers in Australian rules Football
• Rover (ice hockey), long-defunct ice hockey position
• Rover (song), the UCLA cheer
• Albion Rovers F.C.]], association football team in Scotland
• Albion Rovers F.C. (Wales), association football team in Wales
• Blackburn Rovers, association football team in England
• Bristol Rovers, association football team in England
• Doncaster Rovers, association football team in England
• Shamrock Rovers, association football team in Ireland
• Munich Irish Rovers, amateur association football team in Germany

[edit] Other

• Rover (lawnmower), iconic Australian lawnmower brand
• Rover (ticket), public transport ticket
• Rover Scouts, age section in many Scouting associations
• Rover (The Prisoner), the floating white sphere that captured would-be escapees in the TV series The Prisoner
• ROVER Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver, a military system which sends sensor images from aircraft to ground troops
• Rover (rapper), a Bronx-born musician
• List of Animal Crossing characters#Rover, a character in the Animal Crossing video game series
• Rovers Return Inn, a fictional public house in the ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street
• Rovers Morning Glory, a syndicated radio show hosted by Shane "Rover" French
• Red Rover, a game

[edit] See also

• The Rover, referring to a novel, song, play or ship