Jim Gosse enjoyed an auspicious career with Norwood between 1894 and 1905, playing in premiership teams during his first and penultimate seasons, as well as in 1901. It is not known precisely how many senior club games he played during that time, but it is known that he represented South Australia 4 times in an era when intercolonial and interstate matches took place only sporadically. Gosse, who played or most of his career as a ruckman, captained the Redlegs in his final season, but they slumped from premiers the previous year to 3rd. Fifteen years after retiring as a player, Gosse became Norwood club president, a position he retained for twenty years. In 1936 he donated the South Australian centenary premiership cup to the SANFL. Knighted after World War Two for his services to the state, Gosse once memorably declared "I think the Australian game of football is the finest thing in existence for the public to look at".


*Courtesy of John Devaney at www.fullpointsfooty.net

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