Harold Bray
Personal information
Full name Harold Cecil Bray
Date of birth (1920-07-05)5 July 1920
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 27 June 1999(1999-06-27) (aged 78)[1]
Original team(s) Prahran (VFA)
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1941–1952 St Kilda 156 (15)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1952.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Harold Cecil Bray[2] (5 July 1920 – 27 June 1999)[3] was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Bray was recruited to the Saints from Prahran in 1941 and for the next ten years served the club with distinction as a pacy centreman.

He fell two votes shy of winning the Brownlow Medal in his final season, 1952,[4] after finishing third in 1949[5] and second in 1947.[6]

He did, however, twice win St.Kilda's best and fairest award in 1945 and 1947 and also represented the VFL in interstate football.

Personal life

Bray served as a private in the Australian Army during the Second World War.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Service was conducted at Fawkner Memorial Park for Harold Cecil BRAY Age : 78 on the 30-June-1999". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  2. ↑ BRAY HAROLD CECIL
  3. ↑ "Harold Bray – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "1952 - Dramatic finish to Brownlow voting". The Argus. 4 September 1952. p. 8. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "1949 - Clegg believes switch won him medal". The Herald. 1 September 1949. p. 24. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "1947 - Deacon wins from Bray". The Argus. 4 September 1947. p. 20. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "World War Two Service". Australian Government – Department of Veteran's Affairs. Retrieved 16 January 2021.


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