went to coach the Footscray Football Club as senior coach between 1972 and 1975. Collingwood Football Club senior coach (1985–1986) Rose returned for a second and final stint as senior coach of Collingwood from 1985 to 1986, where he replaced John Cahill at the end of the 1984 season. In the 1985 season, Rose guided Collingwood to finish seventh on the ladder, missing out of the finals with ten wins and twelve losses. Rose would hold the reins for a brief period before Collingwood's severe financial crisis and poor form on the field led to his resignation in favour of assistant coach Leigh Matthews who replaced Rose as Collingwood senior coach after Round 3, in the 1986 season. Post AFL Senior coaching roles Rose continued to remain around the Collingwood Football Club behind the scenes right up until his death. In 2009 The Australian nominated Rose as one of the 25 greatest footballers never to win a Brownlow medal. Family He was the father of Robert Rose, a cricketer and footballer; and Peter Rose, a poet and novelist. Death Rose died at Cabrini Hospital after a short battle with cancer on 7 July 2003. A small group of Collingwood players, including Nathan Buckley, paid a visit to Rose in the final week before his death. Rhyce Shaw was the man who wore Rose's no.22 during the time of illness, and would occasionally have initialed B.R above the number in dedication to Bob. Legacy In 2006, a memorial statue of Rose was unveiled outside the main entrance of the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre, the home of the Collingwood Football Club. Present at the unveiling was the widow of Rose, Elsie Rose, and son Peter Rose, an accomplished poet and novelist. Quotations On his relationship with Collingwood supporters: "The first practice game I played I couldn't find the right gate to get into the ground. I was there about two hours before anybody else. One of the really strong things was about my third year of playing for Collingwood, and I walked into the ground at about 11 o'clock, to watch the reserves play. (By this time I was in the seniors.) And I just saw all these Collingwood supporters. It was a cold, middle-of-the-winter, rainy day, and they had taken up every seat available in the ground, and it was mainly standing room in those days. And I thought then,