Doug Ringrose

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Doug Ringrose
Personal information
Full name Douglas Leslie Ringrose
Date of birth 4 August 1900
Place of birth Hobart, Tasmania
Date of death 28 December 1953(1953-12-28) (aged 53)
Place of death Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria[1]
Original team(s) West Melbourne, Brighton (VFA)
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1928–1929 Fitzroy 35 (30)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1929 Fitzroy 10 (2–8–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Douglas Leslie Ringrose (4 August 1900 – 28 December 1953)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played for and coached Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s.

Ringrose was also an exceptional soccer player when he was a teenager, living in Tasmania.[3]

Ringrose played with West Melbourne Football Club in 1920, before moving to Brighton in 1921.[4]

In 1922, Ringrose was captain-coach of the Benalla in the Ovens & Murray Football League[5] and was a great acquisition to the club,[6] leading them to fourth position, where they lost the first semi final to Wangaratta.[7]

Ringrose won Brighton's Most Consistent Player award in 1927[8] when they finished runners up in the VFA Grand Final.[9]

Ringrose, who came from Brighton in 1928, was a handy player for Fitzroy in his two seasons, averaging almost a goal a game. He spent the majority of the 1929 season as playing coach of Fitzroy, with the club managing just two wins.

In 1930, Ringrose coached East Albury in the Ovens & Murray Football League to the Preliminary Final, losing to Wangaratta and breaking his collarbone.[10]

Ringrose trained with Brighton in early 1931[11] and was also listed as an official Victorian Football League umpire in 1931.[12]

Ringrose was captain-coach of the Yarram Football Club in the Gippsland Football League in 1932[13] and 1933.[14] Ringrose kicked 31 goals in 1933.[15] Ringrose did not coach Yarram in 1934, but continued to play.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Death of former footballer". The Herald. No. 23, 897. Victoria, Australia. 29 December 1953. p. 9.
  2. ^ Donald, Chris (2002). Fitzroy: For The Love of the Jumper. Pan Macmillan Australia. ISBN 978-1-877029-18-9.
  3. ^ "1926 - DOUG. RINGROSE, BRIGHTON ROVER, WAS ALSO A SOCCER CHAMP". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). 11 September 1926. p. 6. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  4. ^ "1921 - Association football prospects". The Herald. 29 April 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  5. ^ "1922 - Benalla FC". Benalla Standard (Vic). 13 June 1922. p. 4. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  6. ^ "1922 - Benalla v Lake Rovers". Benalla Standard. 27 June 1922. p. 3. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  7. ^ "1922 - O & M Association: Semi Final". Benalla Standard. 1 August 1922. p. 3. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  8. ^ "1927 - Brighton". The Herald. 30 December 1927. p. 4. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  9. ^ "1927 - Football: Association Grand Final". The Argus. 17 October 1927. p. 8. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  10. ^ "1930 - Ovens & Murray". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic). 6 September 1930. p. 67. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  11. ^ "1931 - Association Clubs". Sporting Globe. 1 April 1931. p. 7. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  12. ^ "1931 - Football: List of Umpires". The Age. 4 April 1931. p. 14. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  13. ^ "1932 - Football". Traralgon Record (Traralgon, Vic). 21 April 1932. p. 5. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  14. ^ "1933 - Yarram FC". Gippsland Times (Vic). 16 March 1933. p. 1. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  15. ^ "1933 - Yallourn man's Record". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic). 26 August 1933. p. 65. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  16. ^ "1934 - Ringrose at Yarram". Weekly Times. 9 June 1934. p. 65. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
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