Jeff Bray (footballer)
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Jeff Bray | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Jeff Bray | ||
Date of birth | 19 May 1938 | ||
Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
Height/Weight | 184 cm / 91 kg | ||
Position(s) | Centre half back | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1956-63, 1967–70 1964–66 |
West Adelaide (SANFL) South Melbourne (VFL) |
196 (83) 34 (2) |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1970 season.
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Career highlights | |||
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Jeff Bray (19 May 1938 - 24 May 2006)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Biography
Bray, a solidly built centre half back, won West Adelaide's Best & Fairest award in 1960 and 1963. In the second of those two years he was also the 'The Advertiser Player of the Year' and represented South Australia, for one of eight times during his career, to a rare win over rivals Victoria at the MCG (The Croweaters first win over the Big V in Melbourne for 37 years). He was also member of West Adelaide's 1961 premiership team.
He had a three-year stint at South Melbourne in the 1960s but his appearances were restricted through injury.
Bray was an inaugural inductee into the West Adelaide Hall of Fame in 2005. In 2006 Bray died from amyloidosis brought on by heart complications and the following year was inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame.
References
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External links
- Jeff Bray's statistics from AFL Tables
- Use dmy dates from June 2011
- Use Australian English from June 2011
- All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English
- 1938 births
- 2006 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from South Australia
- Sydney Swans players
- West Adelaide Football Club players
- South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Deaths from amyloidosis