Rover

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Contents 1 Automotive industry 2 Cycling industry 3 Locomotive industry 4 Space exploration 5 Vehicles 6 In sports 6.1 Football (soccer) teams 6.2 Other sports 7 Other uses 8 See also

Rover may refer to:

[edit] Automotive industry

• Rover Company, a former British automobile manufacturing company which built Rover cars and Land Rover vehicles and established the Rover marque; this article also covers the
  • merged Rover company,
  • broken-up Rover cars subsidiary divisions,
  • dormant Rover marque now owned by Tata Motors.
• Austin Rover Group, a former subsidiary division of British Leyland, a combine including Rover cars
• Land Rover Group, a former subsidiary division of British Leyland, a combine including Land Rover vehicles
• Rover Group, a former British automobile manufacturing company, a successor of British Leyland bought by BMW combining Rover, Land Rover, Mini, and MG
• MG Rover Group, a former British automobile manufacturing company formed from the Rover Group's Rover and MG car activities after its sale by BMW.
• Land Rover, a British automobile manufacturing company now owned by Tata Motors.
• Freight Rover, a former British commercial vehicle subsidiary division of British Leyland now owned by LDV.
• Rover Light Armoured Car, an armoured car unrelated to the Rover company built in Australia during the Second World War.
• Rover (motorcycles) a defunct British motorcycle manufacturer

[edit] Cycling industry

• Rover (bicycle), originating in 1885, the first recognizably modern bicycle; manufactured by Starley & Sutton Co. of Coventry, later becoming the Rover Company

[edit] Locomotive industry

• Rover class, a famous class of Great Western Railway broad gauge steam locomotives

[edit] Space exploration

• Lunar Rover, moon exploration vehicle
• Mars Exploration Rover Mission, Mars exploration vehicle
• Rover (space exploration), any exploration vehicle that moves across the surface of an astronomical body.

[edit] Vehicles

• Rover class tanker

[edit] In sports

[edit] Football (soccer) teams

• Albion Rovers F.C., Coatbridge, Scotland
• Albion Rovers F.C., Newport
• Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn, England
• Blackpool Wren Rovers F.C., Lancashire, England
• Bristol Rovers F.C., Bristol, England
• Doncaster Rovers F.C., Doncaster, England
• Forest Green Rovers F.C., Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England
• Paulton Rovers F.C., near Bristol, England
• Raith Rovers F.C., Kirkcaldy, Scotland
• Rochedale Rovers Football Club, Logan City, Queensland, Australia
• Shamrock Rovers F.C., Dublin, Ireland
• Sligo Rovers F.C., Sligo, Ireland
• Tampines Rovers FC, Singapore
• Taringa Rovers Soccer Football Club, Brisbane, Australia
• Tranmere Rovers F.C. Prenton, Birkenhead, England

[edit] Other sports

• Hull Kingston Rovers, a rugby league club in Kingston Upon Hull, United Kingdom
• Softball rover, a field position in softball
• "Rover", in American Football, the defensive back
• "Rover", one of the followers in Australian rules Football
• Rover (ice hockey), a long-defunct ice hockey position
• Rover (song), a cheer at the University of California Los Angeles

[edit] Other uses

• Rover Computers, Russian Computer Manufacturer
• Rover (lawnmower), iconic Australian lawnmower brand
• Rover (log canoe), listed on the NRHP in Maryland
• Rover (ticket), public transport ticket
• Rover Scouts, age section in many Scouting associations
• Rover (The Prisoner), the floating white sphere that captured would-be escapees in the TV series The Prisoner
• ROVER Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver, a military system which sends sensor images from aircraft to ground troops
• Rovers Return Inn, a fictional public house in the ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street
• Rovers Morning Glory, a syndicated radio show hosted by Shane "Rover" French
• Red Rover, a game
• Rover, the main character of J.R.R. Tolkien's book Roverandom
• Rover (comic), a boys' comic book featuring Alf Tupper. Published from 4 March 1922, it was merged with the Wizard in 1963, ceasing publication in 1978.
• Rover, a common name for a dog

[edit] See also

• The Rover (disambiguation)

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