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
Ray Hunt

Biographical

  • Born: 06 March 1918
  • Height: 180 cm
  • Weight: 82 kg


  • Recruited from:
  • GFC League Debut:1936


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Ray Hunt 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.

He is the father of Chris Hunt.


See also

Gallery pictures

References

1. Wikipedia article

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

3. stats.rleague.com

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