Date of birth 1 December 1898 Name Arthur Rayson 1924-1931 Geelong | Years Club Height/Weight 170cm / 71 kg Died January 23, 1970 | |
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Date of death 23 January 1970(1970-01-23) (aged 71) Role Australian Rules Footballer Original team Cobden Football Club (Hampden Football Netball League) | ||
Arthur William Rayson (1 December 1898 – 23 January 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the VFL.
Rayson was a rover who liked to use the stab kick and was recruited to Geelong from Cobden. He lined up at half forward in Geelong's 1925 premiership team. His son, Coleman Medalist Noel and another son Alan both played for Geelong.
7 August 1926
It is important to note that Main and Allen, (2002, p. 336) have, along with Feldman and Holmesby (1992), become confused between John Thomas "Jack" Shelton and the other St Kilda Shelton (John Frederick "Jack" Shelton). John Thomas "Jack" Shelton was not in the St Kilda team that played against Geelong at the Corio Oval on 7 August 1926, but John Frederick "Jack" Shelton did play for St Kilda on that day. Therefore, the "Shelton" mentioned in the account of the thuggery directed, particularly, at Rayson (who also worked as the caretaker at the Corio Oval), by members of the St Kilda team, and the account of the spectators' response to Rayson's injury (which included broken ribs), specifically directed at Shelton, refers exclusively to John Frederick "Jack" Shelton, and not John Thomas "Jack" Shelton (as Feldman and Holmesby, and Main and Allen have mistakenly supposed).