Alexander Rosser (19 November 1879 – 8 October 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family The son of William Rosser (1849-1920),Deaths: Rosser, The Geelong Advertiser, (Saturday, 29 May 1920), p.1.Fatal Accident at Fyansford, The Geelong Advertiser, (Friday, 28 May 1920), p.3. and Janet Rosser (1853-1929), née Emond,Deaths: Rosser, The Argus, (Tuesday, 30 July 1929), p.8. Alexander Rosser was born at Geelong, Victoria on 19 November 1879.
He married Elizabeth "Bessie" Podger (1881-1944) in 1902.Deaths: Rosser, The Age, (Tuesday, 30 May 1944), p.5.
Football He played 8 senior games for the Essendon Football Club in 1903,The Essendon Football Team,Melbourne Punch, (Thursday, 25 June 1903), p.15. and represented the VFL in a match against a combined Ballarat Football Association Team on 27 June 1903.Maplestone (1996), p.64.League v. Ballarat, The Herald, (Saturday, 27 June 1903), p.4.
Military service He enlisted in the First AIF on 11 December 1914. He served overseas, leaving Australia on HMAT on 12 February 1915, and returned (to Melbourne) on HMAT on 9 September 1915. He was discharged from the army on medical grounds on 1 December 1915.Service Record.
Death He died at the Repatriation General Hospital in Heidelberg, Victoria on 8 October 1949.Deaths: Rosser, The Age, (Monday, 10 October 1949), p.7.
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References First World War Nominal Roll: Private Alexander Rosser (1622), collection of the Australian War Memorial. First World War Embarkation Roll: Private Alexander Rosser (1622), collection of the Australian War Memorial. First World War Service Record: Private Alexander Rosser (1622), National Archives of Australia. Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
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