Doug Ringrose

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.

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

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
  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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