Richie Bray

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

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

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. 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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