Rod Ross, who was recently inducted into the New Hampshire Hockey Hall of Fame/Legends of Hockey, shared with me that he was born in Everett, Mass., on Oct. 11, 1940.
His dad, Charley Ross, was from Berlin. His mom was from Jefferson.
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