Swede Roos

{{short description|American basketball player and coach}}

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| name = Swede Roos

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 180

| birth_date = {{birth date|1913|8|8}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois

| death_date = {{death date and age|1979|1|30|1913|8|8}}

| death_place = Troutdale, Oregon

| nationality = American

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| career_position = Forward / guard

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| years1 = 1935–1936

| team1 = Chicago Heights

| years2 = 1935–1936

| team2 = Chicago Englewood

| years3 = 1936–1937

| team3 = Whiting Ciesar All-Americans

| years4 = 1937–1942

| team4 = Chicago Acme Steels

| years5 = 1942–1943

| team5 = Dayton Dive Bombers

| years6 = 1943–1944

| team6 = Chicago Gears

| years7 = 1944–1945

| team7 = Chicago American Gears

| years8 = 1947–1948

| team8 = Waterloo Pro-Hawks

| years9 = 1948

| team9 = Portland Indians

| cyears1 = 1945–1946

| cteam1 = Chicago American Gears

| cyears2 = 1946–1947

| cteam2 = Chicago American Gears (assistant)

| cyears3 = 1947

| cteam3 = Waterloo Pro-Hawks

| cyears4 = 1948

| cteam4 = Portland Indians

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Harry Marshall "Swede" Roos Sr. (August 8, 1913 – January 30, 1979) was an American professional basketball player.{{cite web| title = Harry Roos NBL stats| work =basketball-reference.com| publisher =Sports Reference LLC| date = | url =https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/r/roosha01n.html | accessdate = August 12, 2019}}{{cite web| title = Swede Roos | work =Peach Basket Society| publisher =| date = January 22, 2016 | url =https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2016/01/swede-roos.html | accessdate = August 12, 2019}} He played for the Chicago American Gears in the National Basketball League, among other teams and leagues.{{cite web| title = Harry Roos Statistics| work =Just Sports Stats| publisher =| date = | url =https://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=roossw01 | accessdate = August 12, 2019}}

Roos also served as the head coach for the Chicago American Gears in 1945–46 and as an assistant in 1946–47. He then became a player-coach for the Waterloo Pro-Hawks of the Professional Basketball League of America in 1947 and for the Portland Indians of the Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League in 1948.