Ray Harper (footballer)
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Ray Harper | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Raymond Albert Harper | ||
Date of birth | 26 July 1900 | ||
Place of birth | Byaduk, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 10 March 1935 | (aged 34)||
Place of death | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Brighton Grammar | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1919–1923 | St Kilda | 35 (0) | |
1924 | Carlton | 2 (0) | |
1925 | North Melbourne | 2 (0) | |
Total | 39 (0) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Raymond Albert Harper (26 July 1900 – 10 March 1935) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda, Carlton, and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Harper played for five years at St Kilda, including every match of the 1923 season.[1] He was awarded the "most attentive to training" award for the 1922 season.[2]
He was cleared to Carlton for the 1924 VFL season, as he was working as a teacher in nearby Parkville.[3]
In 1925 he was part of North Melbourne's inaugural league season.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "AFL Tables: Ray Harper". afltables.com.
- ^ "Football Elections". The Herald. No. 14, 632. Victoria, Australia. 8 February 1923. p. 4. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. Melbourne: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.