Graham Ross (5 July 1928 – 13 February 2009) was a Scotland international rugby union footballer, who played as a fly-half.[1]
| Birth name | Graham Tullis Ross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 July 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 13 February 2009 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | George Watsons College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby union career
editAmateur career
editRoss played for Watsonians.[2]
He also played for Edinburgh Academicals and Wasps.[3]
Provincial career
editRoss played for Edinburgh District. He played in Scottish Inter-District Championship. He played in the 1954–55 season.[4]
He played for the Co-Optimists.[5]
International career
editBusiness career
editRoss trained in the Scottish Hotel School and then worked in the Savoy Hotel in London and then in Switzerland.[7]
He joined McVities Guest in 1955 as a Catering Director.[7]
This was taken over by Rank Hovis MacDougall in 1963. Ross worked for them before setting up his own company Ross's Restaurants.[7]
He sold the company to United Biscuits in 1975.[7]
He became the Managing Director of Crawford Catering Company.[7]
In 1981 he worked as an Executive Director of Scottish Business in the Community. Ross set up 47 Local Enterprise trusts around Scotland creating jobs.[7]
He received an OBE in 1990.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Graham Tullis Ross".
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ^ "Graham Ross And Oliver Turnbull - Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ a b "Graham Ross".
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Graham Ross - Test matches".
- ^ a b c d e f "A natural ability at rugby capped Graham Ross's career".
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