Australian Football

Something of a latter-day Byron Pickett, combining explosive pace and extravagant skills with a sometimes misplaced fondness for the physical side of the game, Port Adelaide's Richie Bray probably failed to achieve as much as he might have done in football. In 1959 and between 1962 and 1966 he played a total of 77 SANFL games for the Magpies, kicking 65 goals. He played on a wing when Port beat West Adelaide by three points in the 1962 Grand Final, was on a half forward flank in the following year's defeat of North Adelaide, and started on the bench in the 1965 Grand Final when Sturt was edged out.

Author - John Devaney