Ray Slocum

Ray Slocum
Personal information
Full name Raymond Slocum
Date of birth (1937-08-16)16 August 1937
Date of death 14 November 2013(2013-11-14) (aged 76)
Original team(s) Fitzroy reserves
Height / weight 170 cm / 67 kg
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.

Raymond "Ray" Slocum (16 August 1937 - 14 November 2013)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Recruited locally, Slocum developed into a wingman after being used initially as a rover and at half forward. 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.

References

  1. "Herald Sun Tributes - Slocum, Raymond". Herald Sun. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2014.


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