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

• 1963 Miracle Match