Richie Bray
Personal information
Full name Richard W. Bray
Date of death November 2017
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1959, 1962-1966 Port Adelaide 77 (65)
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Richard W. Bray, known as Richie Bray, was an Aboriginal Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club.

As a child, Bray was a resident of St Francis House, a home for inland Aboriginal Australian boys from 1946 to 1959 in the Adelaide suburb of Semaphore South.[1]

Bray played a single game for Port Adelaide F.C. in 1959, then moved to Alice Springs for a few years.[2]

In 1962 Bray played in his first premiership for the club, and also played in the 1963 and 1965 premiership sides under coach Fos Williams.[3] Over the eight years he spent at the club, he played 77 games. He mostly played half forward flank, and kicked 65 goals,[2] but in the 1962 Grand Final (when Port Adelaide won the Grand Final against West Adelaide), he played on the wing.[4]

He also coached locally at the Semaphore Football Club.[2]

He died in November 2017.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Smith, Mark J. (28 April 2019). "'I shared my mother with the Aboriginal children'". Alice Springs News. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Say, Steph (7 November 2017). "Vale: Richie Bray". portadelaidefc.com.au. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "'I shared my mother with the Aboriginal children' - Alice Springs News". 28 April 2019.
  4. ↑ Devaney, John. "Richie Bray - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
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