Harold Bray

Harold Cecil Bray^[2] (5 July 1920 – 27 June 1999)^[3] was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Harold Bray
Personal information
Full name	Harold Cecil Bray
Date of birth	(1920-07-05)5 July 1920
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death	27 June 1999(1999-06-27) (aged 78)[1]
Original team(s)	Prahran (VFA)
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1941–1952	St Kilda	156 (15)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1952.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bray was recruited to the Saints from Prahran in 1941 and for the next ten years served the club with distinction as a pacy centreman.

He fell two votes shy of winning the Brownlow Medal in his final season, 1952,^[4] after finishing third in 1949^[5] and second in 1947.^[6]

He did, however, twice win St.Kilda's best and fairest award in 1945 and 1947 and also represented the VFL in interstate football.

Personal life

Bray served as a private in the Australian Army during the Second World War.^[7]