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Kevin Grose

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Kevin Grose
Personal information
Date of birth (1954-06-18)18 June 1954
Date of death 27 November 2012(2012-11-27) (aged 58)
Original team(s) Reservoir Old Boys
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1975–1977 Collingwood 32 (10)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1977.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Kevin Grose (18 June 1954 – 27 November 2012)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

A Reservoir Old Boy, Grose played as a half back flanker for Collingwood over three league seasons.[2] He played 12 games in 1975 and a further 15 in the 1976 VFL season.[3] By 1977 he was only a fringe player, with Collingwood building a side which would contest that year's grand final.[3]

Grose was then appointed captain-coach of Diamond Valley Football League club North Heidelberg in 1978. He promptly steered them a premiership in his first season in charge, their first flag in 16 years.[4] In 1978 he also was the league's equal leading goal-kicker on 80 goals.

References

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  1. ^ "Kevin Grose". Collingwood Forever. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. ^ a b AFL Tables: Kevin Grose
  4. ^ The Age,"Flag after 16 years", 14 September 1978, p. 29