Harold Bray
Australian rules footballer
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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).
| Harold Bray | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Harold Cecil Bray | ||
| Born |
5 July 1920 Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Died | 27 June 1999 (aged 78)[1] | ||
| Original team | 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) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1952. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
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]
