Albert Henderson Wade Ross (1884–1939), whose name is often abbreviated as A. H. W. Ross, was an American businessman, lawyer,[1] newspaper owner, and baseball team owner.
Ross and the Denver Independent Publishing Company were owners from 1913 to 1963 of The Denver Star (formerly The Statesman), an African-American newspaper.
[2][3] He owned and led the African American baseball team the Denver White Elephants, active from 1915 to 1935.
[4][5] Ross had also been the manager of the Rossonian Hotel (a NHRP-listed building) in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, which was renamed after him in 1929.
[7][8][1] He had also worked in real estate and owned the Metropolitan Realty Co. (or Metropolitan Real Estate and Investing Company), and was a member of the Denver NAACP.