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John James "Jack" Ross (born 5 June 1976) is a retired Scottish professional footballer and coach. Ross played as a defender and midfielder for Dundee, Forfar Athletic, Camelon Juniors, Clyde, Hartlepool United, Falkirk, St. Mirren, Hamilton Academical, Dunfermline Athletic and Dumbarton. Ross started as a coaching career at Dumbarton, as assistant manager for both Alan Adamson and later Ian Murray. He was also caretaker manager of Dumbarton in October – November 2012. He became the coach of the Heart of Midlothian under-20 team in July 2014. ==Playing career== Ross had spells as a youth player at Dundee and Forfar Athletic. He then moved to Camelon Juniors, where he featured in their 1996 Scottish Junior Cup run, before losing in the final. He joined Clyde in 1999, playing in many different positions before settling in the right midfield role. He was made captain of the team when Ian Spittal was the team coach. Ross signed a pre-contractual agreement with Hartlepool United in April 2004. Ross suffered ankle ligament damage and spent a large part of his time on the sidelines. Hartlepool funded his rehabilitation and also allowed him to return home. However, Ross refused to return to Hartlepool, train or play for the club and asked Hartlepool's chairman Ken Hodcroft to tear up his contract claiming his was homesick. Hartlepool refused and asked for compensation and a refund of agent fees.〔(Pool say farewell to Ross )〕〔(Pool say farewell to Ross )〕 Ross left without consent and later went on sick and claimed that he would not return to Hartlepool even if "they were in the Champions League". He also criticised Hartlepool manager Neale Cooper for feeling let down by his actions, stating that "maybe the manager thinks I have let him down but that's nothing compared with how I feel about him". On 31 July 2005, Hartlepool agreed to terminate his contract after finally receiving compensation, which included a refund of the fees paid to Ross's agent.〔 Ross transferred to his home town club, Falkirk, in 2005 and was a regular in the team. Falkirk manager John Hughes warned Ross when he stalled on signing a new contract. On 30 April 2008, it was announced that Ross had signed a pre-contract agreement with St. Mirren and joined them at the end of the season on a two-year deal. Ross scored his first goal for St. Mirren against Dundee United at Tannadice Park on 24 January 2009. Having been released by St Mirren at the end of the 2009–10 season, Ross joined Hamilton Academical on a one-year contract. His contract with Hamilton Academical was cancelled after only three games. A few weeks later Ross signed for Dunfermline until the end of the 2010–11 season. He sustained a knee injury in training which led to his eventual retirement from football without having played a game for the Pars.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Coming and Going at EEP )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack Ross (footballer, born 1976)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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