Graham Ross (rugby union)

Graham Ross (5 July 1928 – 13 February 2009) was a Scotland international rugby union footballer, who played as a fly-half.[1]

Graham Ross
Birth nameGraham Tullis Ross
Date of birth(1928-07-05)5 July 1928
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Date of death13 February 2009(2009-02-13) (aged 80)
Place of deathEdinburgh, Scotland
SchoolGeorge Watsons College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
-
  • Watsonians
  • Edinburgh Academicals
  • Wasps
 ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Edinburgh District
Co-Optimists		 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1954
4 (0)

Rugby union career

Amateur career

Ross played for Watsonians.[2]

He also played for Edinburgh Academicals and Wasps.[3]

Provincial career

Ross 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

He was capped for Scotland four times in 1954.[6]

Business career

Ross 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]

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References
  1. "Graham Tullis Ross".
  2. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  3. "Graham Ross And Oliver Turnbull - Scottish Rugby Union".
  4. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  5. "Graham Ross".
  6. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Graham Ross - Test matches".
  7. "A natural ability at rugby capped Graham Ross's career".
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