| Doug Ringrose | |
| Fullname: | Douglas Leslie Ringrose |
| Birth Date: | 4 August 1900 |
| Birth Place: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Death Place: | Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria[1] |
| Originalteam: | West Melbourne, Brighton (VFA) |
| Height: | 163 cm |
| Weight: | 63 kg |
| Statsend: | 1929 |
| Years1: | 1928–1929 |
| Club1: | Fitzroy |
| Games Goals1: | 35 (30) |
| Coachyears1: | 1929 |
| Coachclub1: | Fitzroy |
| Coachgames Wins1: | 10 (2–8–0) |
Douglas Leslie Ringrose (4 August 1900 – 28 December 1953)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played for and coached Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s.
Ringrose was also an exceptional soccer player when he was a teenager, living in Tasmania.[3]
Ringrose played with West Melbourne Football Club in 1920, before moving to Brighton in 1921.[4]
In 1922, Ringrose was captain-coach of the Benalla in the Ovens & Murray Football League[5] and was a great acquisition to the club,[6] leading them to fourth position, where they lost the first semi final to Wangaratta.[7]
Ringrose won Brighton's Most Consistent Player award in 1927[8] when they finished runners up in the VFA Grand Final.[9]
Ringrose, who came from Brighton in 1928, was a handy player for Fitzroy in his two seasons, averaging almost a goal a game. He spent the majority of the 1929 season as playing coach of Fitzroy, with the club managing just two wins.
In 1930, Ringrose coached East Albury in the Ovens & Murray Football League to the Preliminary Final, losing to Wangaratta and breaking his collarbone.[10]
Ringrose trained with Brighton in early 1931[11] and was also listed as an official Victorian Football League umpire in 1931.[12]
Ringrose was captain-coach of the Yarram Football Club in the Gippsland Football League in 1932[13] and 1933.[14] Ringrose kicked 31 goals in 1933.[15] Ringrose did not coach Yarram in 1934, but continued to play.[16]