Australian Football

Glenelg's Ray Hunt was a superb full back whose attacking style was ahead of its time. His captain-coach at Glenelg, Johnny Taylor, said of him, "He was a man with great anticipation. He marshalled his players alongside him from half back to the back pocket like a master. We could attack with him even from full back - that's how good he was".¹ Between 1936 and 1943 and from 1945 to 1952, Hunt played 206 SANFL games and kicked 34 goals for both the Bays and the West Adelaide-Glenelg war time combination. He also played 8 VFL games with Richmond in 1943. 

Ray Hunt was Glenelg's best and fairest award recipient in 1939 and 1946, and was runner-up to Bob Hank of West Torrens in the 1946 Magarey Medal. He represented South Australia five times.

Author - John Devaney