Raymond Steele Explained

Raymond Steele
Birth Date:19 May 1917
Originalteam:University Blacks
Height:183 cm
Weight:81.5 kg
Statsend:1943
Years1:1940–1943
Club1:Richmond
Games Goals1:42 (1)
Careerhighlights:

Raymond Steele (19 May 1917  - 22 November 1993, educated at Scotch College, Melbourne) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL from 1940 to 1943 for the Richmond Football Club.

Steele also played District Cricket for University and Hawthorn-East Melbourne between 1937 and 1949, later serving as President of the Victorian Cricket Association for 19 years and Treasurer of the Australian Cricket Board for 16 years. Steele was the manager of the Australian cricket team on its 1972 tour of England.[1]

Steele was awarded the Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. for services to cricket.

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Notes and References

  1. Chappell, p.1.