Background
Cross was born in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand in 1912, and attended Timaru Boys" High School from 1925 to 1929.
Cross was born in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand in 1912, and attended Timaru Boys" High School from 1925 to 1929.
Timaru Boys" High School.
He was chairman of the New Zealand Olympic Committee, and was also Head of Sports Broadcasting for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. In 1969, Cross became the New Zealand International Olympic Committee member in 1969. He was replaced on the International Olympic Committee by Tay Wilson in 1988.
Cross died in Wellington in 1989.