in the VFL
and First-class cricket
during the 1970s. Following a car accident in 1974 he became a quadriplegic.
Rose was born into a famous sporting family, his father Bob
was a Copeland Trophy
winning footballer with, and coach of, Collingwood
and a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame
while his uncles Kevin
, Ralph and Bill
also played for Collingwood.
Robert went to school at Haileybury College
from where he was recruited to the Collingwood Football Club.
He made his VFL debut for Collingwood in the 1970 season
and played four games that year.
A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may think aloud.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
A friendship that can be ended didn't ever start.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are born to share adversity.
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
It is amazing how you can surround yourself with so many people you can call friends, and yet actually only have one or two real ones.
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter;he who finds one finds a treasure.A faithful friend is beyond price,no sum can balance his worth.
Friendship is not for merriment but for stern reproach when friends go astray.