Ray Hunt

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Career Highlights
GFC League Player Number: 193 GFC League Debut: Round 2, 1936 Glenelg 1936-1943, 1945-52 206 games 34 goals Glenelg, best and fairest 1939, 1946 Runner up Magarey Medal 1946 Inducted Glenelg Hall of Fame 2002
Career Highlights Richmond
Richmond 1943 6 games 2 goals Richmond Premiership Player

Biographical

• Born: 06 March 1918
• Height: 180 cm
• Weight: 82 kg
• Recruited from:
• GFC League Debut:1936

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Ray Hunt (born 6 March 1918) was a full back who played an attacking style.

Hunt played 206 games for Glenelg (then a club record) and kicked 34 goals for both the Bays and the West Adelaide-Glenelg war time combination. He 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 8 times.

He also played 6 games for Richmond in the VFL in 1943, including playing in the premiership side off a half back flank. In this Grand Final Richmond defeated Essendon, whose team included former Glenelg team-mate Gordon Abbott.

See also

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References

1. Wikipedia article

2. Pride of the Bay, by Peter Cornwall and John Wood

3. stats.rleague.com