Ray Slocum

Raymond "Ray" Slocum (16 August 1936 – 14 November 2013)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Ray Slocum
Personal information
Full name Raymond Slocum
Date of birth (1936-08-16)16 August 1936
Date of death 14 November 2013(2013-11-14) (aged 76)
Original team(s) Fitzroy reserves
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Position(s) Wing
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1957–1965 Fitzroy 121 (47)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1968 Fitzroy 1 (0–1–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1965.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Football

Recruited locally, Slocum developed into a wingman after being used initially as a rover and at half forward.

On 6 July 1963, he was the 20th man for the young and inexperienced Fitzroy team that comprehensively and unexpectedly defeated Geelong, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the 1963 Miracle Match.

Coach

After retiring he became coach of the Fitzroy reserves and filled in as senior coach for a match against Hawthorn in the 1968 VFL season. He would later coach Eltham and steered them to the 1972 Diamond Valley Football League premiership.

See also

Notes

  1. "Herald Sun Tributes - Slocum, Raymond". Herald Sun. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2014.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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