Full name Ray Powell Original team(s) Essendon Stars Years Club | Date of birth 7 August 1923 Height/Weight 178 cm / 70 kg Name Ray Powell | |
Date of death 7 July 1993(1993-07-07) (aged 69) | ||
Ray Powell (7 August 1923 – 7 July 1993) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Powell was a utility player, often featuring as a half forward flanker. He only twice played more than half the game in a season, with 16 appearances in 1944, followed by 14 games in 1945. His 43 goals in 1944, five of them in the finals, were enough to top Essendon's goal-kicking.
He played for Brunswick from 1947 to 1949 and was then coach of Ascot Vale.
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