Ray Wartman Explained

Ray Wartman
Birth Date:29 January 1915
Originalteam:Whorouly, Camberwell
Height:180 cm
Weight:84 kg
Statsend:1942
Years1:1932–1934
Club1:Camberwell
Games Goals1:31 (10)
Years2:1935–1942
Club2:Melbourne
Games Goals2:125 (61)
Games Goalstotal:156 (71)
Careerhighlights:
  • Camberwell Semi-final Team: 1932
  • VFL premiership 1939, 1940, 1941
  • Melbourne Semi-final Team: 1936, 1939, 1940, 1941
  • Melbourne Preliminary Final Team: 1936, 1940
  • Melbourne Grand Final Team: 1939, 1940, 1941

Ray Wartman[1] (29 January 1915 – 20 April 2008)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the VFL.

Football

Wartman played with the Whorouly Football Club in the Ovens & King Football League in the early 1930s and commenced with his VFA career with the Camberwell Football Club in late 1932 during the final series. Wartman was cleared to Whorouly in early 1933.[3] Wartman then returned to Camberwell in 1934, before commencing with Melbourne in 1935,[4] winning the Best First Year Player award.

A wingman, Wartman was a member of Melbourne's successful side in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Wartman played in three consecutive premierships with Melbourne, in 1939, 1940, and 1941.

Athletics

Wartman won the 1937 Castlemaine Gift,[5] which elevated him as one of the pre-race favourites for the Stawell Gift,[6] but he came second in his heat.[7]

Golf

Wartman made the semi-finals of the 1954 Victorian Amateur Golf Championships.[8]

In 1955, Huntingdale Golf Club pair Bob Bull and Ray Wartman won the Australasian Foursomes Shield.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wartman Family . Trove Newspapers . The Age . 7 November 2020 . 1 . 1 September 1936.
  2. Web site: Ray Wartman - Player Bio. Australian Football. 20 December 2014.
  3. Web site: 1933 - VFL Permits List . Trove Newspapers . The Argus . 7 November 2020 . 11 . 4 May 1933.
  4. Web site: 1935 - Transfers Granted . Trove Newspapers . The Argus . 7 November 2020 . 11 . 27 March 1935.
  5. Web site: 1937 - Castlemaine Gift results . Trove Newspapers . The Age . 7 November 2020 . 5 . 16 March 1937.
  6. Web site: 1937 - Stawell Favorites . Trove Newspapers . Weekly Times . 7 November 2020 . 70 . 27 March 1927.
  7. Web site: 1937 - Stawell Gift results . Trove Newspapers . The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic) . 7 November 2020 . 24 . 3 April 1937.
  8. Web site: 1954 - Victorian Amateur Golf Title . Trove Newspapers . The Age . 7 November 2020 . 12 . 5 June 1954.
  9. Web site: 1954 - Aistraliasian Golf Shield . Trove Newspapers . The Argus . 7 November 2020 . 17 . 16 May 1955.