Harold Bray Explained
| Harold Bray |
| Fullname: | Harold Cecil Bray |
| Birth Date: | 5 July 1920 |
| Birth Place: | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Originalteam: | Prahran (VFA) |
| Height: | 178 cm |
| Weight: | 76 kg |
| Statsend: | 1952 |
| Years1: | 1941–1952 |
| Club1: | St Kilda |
| Games Goals1: | 156 (15) |
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]
Notes and References
- Web site: Service was conducted at Fawkner Memorial Park for Harold Cecil BRAY Age : 78 on the 30-June-1999 . 20 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924025449/http://www.heavenaddress.com/Harold-Cecil-BRAY/299416/ . 24 September 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
- http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=6074876&isAv=N BRAY HAROLD CECIL
- Web site: Harold Bray – Player Bio. Australian Football. 10 December 2014.
- Web site: 1952 - Dramatic finish to Brownlow voting . The Argus . 7 March 2021 . 8 . 4 September 1952.
- Web site: 1949 - Clegg believes switch won him medal . The Herald . 7 March 2021 . 24 . 1 September 1949.
- Web site: 1947 - Deacon wins from Bray . The Argus . 7 March 2021 . 20 . 4 September 1947.
- Web site: World War Two Service . 16 January 2021 . Australian Government – Department of Veteran's Affairs.
