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
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

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

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

References

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  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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