| Arthur Rose | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Arthur Middleton Rose | ||
| Date of birth | (1919-07-10)10 July 1919 | ||
| Place of birth | Cheltenham, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 28 April 2000(2000-04-28) (aged 80) | ||
| Original team(s) | Cheltenham | ||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1937–1940, 1944 | St Kilda | 28 (2) | |
| 1946–1948 | Brighton (VFA) | 45 (2) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Arthur Middleton Rose (10 July 1919 – 28 April 2000) was anAustralian rules footballer who played for theSt Kilda Football Club in theVictorian Football League (VFL).[1]
The son of Walter George Thomas Rose and Gladys Elsie Elizabeth Rose, nee Wilkins, Arthur Middleton Rose was born on 10 July 1919 at Cheltenham where his family ran a funeral business.[2]
Arthur Rose started his football career in 1936 with the Cheltenham Juniors where he won the trophy for the best and fairest player in the Federal District League Juniors and was promoted to the Cheltenham seniors for the last three games of the season.[2] From there he moved to St Kilda in 1937 where he made his senior debut against Collingwood in the final game of the season. He played a further 25 games over the next three seasons. He played his final two games for St Kilda in 1944 while on a period of leave from the Army.
In 1941, Arthur Rose enlisted in the Australian Army and served in the Middle East, Borneo and New Guinea until his discharge in November 1945.[3]
In 1946 Rose joined Victorian Football Association side Brighton where he played for the next three years, finishing his senior level football career with a winningGrand Final appearance. In 1949 he was appointed as coach of the Cheltenham club where he had started his career thirteen years earlier.[2]
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