title: Jimmy Ross (rugby union)
text: # Jimmy Ross (rugby union)
  
  Jimmy Ross was a Scottish rugby union player. He was the 93rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union.
  
  ## Rugby Union career
  
  ### Amateur career
  
  He went to George Heriot's School and was captain of the school in 1940.
  
  He played for Heriots.
  
  ### Referee career
  
  He refereed in the 1954 Kelso Sevens.
  
  ### Administrative career
  
  He was a president of Heriots.
  
  He was Vice-President of the SRU in 1978.
  
  Ross became the 93rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1979 to 1980.
  
  ## Death
  
  Ross died on 22 December 1997. The Glasgow Herald told of the time when Ross - with a SRU party of dignities - was with their sports journalist travelling to watch Scotland play France. The party was directed by the French police the wrong way up a one-way street to speed their progress to the Parc des Princes. The journalist recalled Ross's quip: 'If they had got their army to the Front this quickly, the course of history might have been changed'. The obituary noted that Ross was a journalist's delight: a man with an opinion on everything; and his best stories were told against himself.
  
  He was cremated on 29 December 1997.
  
  