Ed Bray
North Melbourne
AFL career
6 games9 goals
- Debut
- R15 1927 v HAW6 Aug 1927
- Most recent
- R2 1929 v FIT4 May 1929
Stats
Bio
One of the youngest players to ever represent North Melbourne, Ed Bray burst onto the scene in 1927 as a diminutive sixteen-year-old forward with a sharp eye for goal. Standing just 165cm and weighing a slight 63kg, he was a classic pocket rocket who relied on agility and opportunism to survive in the brutally physical VFL competition of the late 1920s. Bray showed immediate promise inside the attacking fifty, booting nine goals in his six career matches—an impressive strike rate for a teenager in a struggling side. Despite this natural goal-kicking ability, his lightweight frame likely worked against him in the contest, and after four games in his debut season and a brief recall in 1929, he slipped out of League football before turning nineteen. His brief tenure remains a fascinating footnote in the club's history, representing a flash of potential that was unable to withstand the rigours of senior football.
Profile
- Born
- 12 Sept 1910
- Died
- 23 July 2002 (aged 91y 314d)
- Birthplace
- North Melbourne, VIC
- Height
- 165 cm
- Weight
- 63 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionOne of the youngest players to ever represent North Melbourne, Ed Bray burst onto the scene in 1927 as a diminutive sixteen-year-old forward with a sharp eye for goal. Standing just 165cm and weighing a slight 63kg, he was a classic pocket rocket who relied on agility and opportunism to survive in the brutally physical VFL competition of the late 1920s. Bray showed immediate promise inside the attacking fifty, booting nine goals in his six career matches—an impressive strike rate for a teenager in a struggling side. Despite this natural goal-kicking ability, his lightweight frame likely worked against him in the contest, and after four games in his debut season and a brief recall in 1929, he slipped out of League football before turning nineteen. His brief tenure remains a fascinating footnote in the club's history, representing a flash of potential that was unable to withstand the rigours of senior football.