Full name Ross Gibson Smith Name Ross Smith Years Club | Height/Weight 173 cm / 75 kg Original team(s) Hampton Scouts | |
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Date of birth (1942-09-08) 8 September 1942 (age 73) Debut Round 2, 1961, St Kilda
v. Essendon, at Windy Hill | ||
Ross Gibson Smith (born 8 September 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Smith played with St Kilda as a courageous rover. He won the Brownlow Medal in 1967 and captained Victoria at the 1972 Perth Carnival. He once broke his arm smothering a ball in the late sixties and recovered to captain the Saints in the early seventies.
After retiring he coached Subiaco to a premiership in 1973. He also coached his former club St Kilda for a single season (1977), leading them only three wins and to their first wooden spoon in 22 years.
He also went on to lecture in physical education in a tertiary college in Melbourne during the 1980s.
He was inducted to the Saints inaugural Hall of Fame in 2003. In addition he was chosen as first rover in St Kilda's Team of the Century.