Ray Preston (Australian footballer)

Ray Preston (born 27 December 1930) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Ray Preston
Personal information
Full name Ray Preston
Date of birth (1930-12-27) 27 December 1930
Original team(s) Ardmona, City United
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1953 South Melbourne 7 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1953.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Preston was recruited from Shepparton club, City United in the Goulburn Valley Football League after he won the club's 1952 best and fairest award.[2]

Preston won the 1955 Morris Medal in the Ovens & Murray Football League, with 22 votes, with Alby Rodda from Myrtleford, second on 20 votes.

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 719. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "1953 - Preston played with South Melbourne". Trove Newspapers. Record. 4 April 1953. p. 1. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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