Jim Ross (Australian footballer)

Jim Ross
Personal information
Date of birth	(1927-10-18) 18 October 1927
Original team	Ringwood, Victoria
Height/Weight	183cm / 79.5kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1946–1954	St Kilda	139 (171)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1954 season.
Career highlights
St Kilda Best and Fairest 1949, 1951–1952 St Kilda Leading goalkicker 1954 St Kilda Team of the Century member Victorian state representative four times

James A. "Jim" Ross (born 18 October 1927) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL. He was a star ruckman and centre half-forward.

Ross won three club Best and Fairest awards. He left St Kilda and coached in Tasmania when only 26 years old, winning All-Australian selection in 1958.

He was the fifth Tasmanian inducted into St Kilda's Hall of Fame. During his career at St Kilda he represented Victoria four times.

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Preceded by Robert Hancock	St Kilda Best and Fairest 1949	Succeeded by Bruce Phillips
Preceded by Bruce Phillips	St Kilda Best and Fairest 1951–1952	Succeeded by Keith Drinan

Trevor Barker Award • St Kilda Football Club Best and Fairest Winners

1914: Eicke
1915: Eicke
1918: Cazaly
1919: Eicke
1920: Cameron
1921: Cubbins
1922: Carr
1923: Cubbins
1928: Cubbins
1929: Cubbins
1930: Phillips
1931: Neill
1932: Mohr
1933: Comte
1934: Davis
1935: Davis
1936: Mohr
1937: Davis
1938: Lloyd
1939: Fountain
1940: Killigrew
1941: Garvin
1942: Walker
1943: Walker
1944: Walker
1945: Bray
1946: Rosewarne
1947: Bray
1948: Hancock
1949: Ross
1950: Phillips
1951: Ross
1952: Ross
1953: Drinan
1954: Foote
1955: Roberts
1956: Drinan
1957: Gleeson
1958: Roberts
1959: Howell
1960: Oswald
1961: Oswald
1962: Baldock
1963: Baldock
1964: Stewart
1965: Baldock
1966: Stewart
1967: Smith
1968: Ditterich
1969: Murray
1970: Griffiths
1971: Smith
1972: Trott
1973: Neale
1974: Elliott
1975: Sarau
1976: Barker
1977: Sarau
1978: Gellie
1979: Dunne
1980: Dunne
1981: Barker
1982: Kiel
1983: Crow
1984: Burns
1985: Morwood
1986: Burns
1987: Lockett
1988: Frawley
1989: Winmar
1990: Loewe
1991: Lockett
1992: Harvey
1993: Burke
1994: Harvey
1995: Winmar
1996: Burke
1997: Harvey
1998: Harvey
1999: Burke
2000: Thompson
2001: Everitt
2002: Riewoldt
2003: Hayes
2004: Riewoldt
2005: Baker/Ball
2006: Riewoldt
2007: Riewoldt
2008: Fisher
2009: Riewoldt
2010: Hayes
2011: Fisher
2012: Hayes
2013: Steven
2014: Riewoldt

St Kilda Football Club · Leading Goalkickers

1897: R. Stewart/Ahern
1898: A. Stewart
1899: A. Stewart
1900: Sutherland
1901: Sandford
1902: Baker
1903: Baker
1904: Baker
1905: Baker
1906: McNamara
1907: McNamara/J. Stewart
1908: J. Stewart
1909: Barwick
1910: Thomas
1911: Sellars
1912: Sellars
1913: Sellars
1914: McNamara
1915: Moyes
1918: McNamara/Boyd
1919: James
1920: James
1921: Moyes
1922: Moyes
1923: Moyes
1924: James
1925: Shelton
1926: Shelton
1927: Shelton
1928: Smedley
1929: Mohr
1930: Mohr
1931: Mohr
1932: Mohr
1933: Mohr
1934: Mohr
1935: Mohr
1936: Mohr
1937: Mohr
1938: Mohr
1939: Mohr
1940: Mohr
1941: Flegg
1942: Kelly
1943: Connelly
1944: Loxton
1945: Snell/J. Hall
1946: Loxton
1947: Bennett
1948: Bennett
1949: McDonald
1950: Bennett
1951: Bennett
1952: McDonald
1953: Bennett
1954: Ross
1955: McDonald
1956: B. Young
1957: B. Young
1958: B. Young
1959: B. Young
1960: B. Young
1961: Rowland
1962: Baldock
1963: Baldock
1964: Baldock
1965: Baldock
1966: Neale
1967: Neale
1968: Neale
1969: Neale
1970: Breen
1971: Davis
1972: Stephens
1973: Davis
1974: Duperouzel
1975: G. Young
1976: G. Young
1977: G. Young
1978: G. Young
1979: Sidebottom
1980: Scott
1981: Gorozidis
1982: Scott
1983: Jackson
1984: Lockett
1985: Lockett
1986: Lockett
1987: Lockett
1988: Winmar
1989: Lockett
1990: Lockett
1991: Lockett
1992: Lockett
1993: Lockett
1994: Lockett
1995: Loewe
1996: Loewe
1997: Heatley
1998: Heatley
1999: B. Hall
2000: Everitt
2001: B. Hall
2002: Milne
2003: Gehrig
2004: Gehrig
2005: Gehrig
2006: Gehrig
2007: Gehrig
2008: Riewoldt
2009: Riewoldt
2010: Milne
2011: Milne
2012: Milne
2013: Riewoldt
2014: Riewoldt

St Kilda Football Club · Team of the Century 1900–1999

Full-back	Barry Lawrence Verdun Howell Kevin Neale

Half-back	Trevor Barker Neil Roberts Daryl Griffiths

Centre	Nicky Winmar Ian Stewart Lance Oswald

Half-forward	Stewart Loewe Darrel Baldock (c) Bill Mohr

Full-forward	Dave McNamara Tony Lockett Nathan Burke

Ruck	Carl Ditterich Robert Harvey Ross Smith

Interchange	Barry Breen Alan Morrow Robert Murray Jim Ross

Coach	Allan Jeans

1958 All-Australian team

South Australia John Abley (Port Adelaide)

Tasmania Don Gale (Wynyard) Jim Ross (North Launceston) Stuart Spencer (Clarence)

Victoria (VFA) Barry Metcalfe (Mordialloc)

Victoria Owen Abrahams (Fitzroy) Allen Aylett (North Melbourne) Ron Barassi (Melbourne) Reg Burgess (Essendon) Jack Clarke (Essendon) Bob Davis (Geelong) (Captain) John Dugdale (North Melbourne) Kevin Murray (Fitzroy) Neil Roberts (St Kilda) Ted Whitten (Footscray)

Western Australia Jack Clarke (East Fremantle) Graham Farmer (East Perth) Alan Preen (East Fremantle) Norm Rogers (East Fremantle) Ray Sorrell (East Fremantle)