Raymond Valdi Bauskis (born 17 June 1954) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played for the

South Fremantle Football Club South Fremantle Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Fremantle, Western Australia. The club plays in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) and the WAFL Women's (WAFLW), commonly going by the nickname the ''Bulldogs ...

in the

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(WANFL) between 1972 and 1980. He was the leading goalkicker in the league for the

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and

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s, and played in losing grand finals in 1975 and 1979. Bauskis made his senior debut for South Fremantle in round thirteen of the 1972 season. His first full season was

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, where he kicked 34 goals from 13 games to finish as the club's leading goalkicker. He repeated this feat for another five consecutive seasons, ending his career in 1980 with 436 goals from 117 games. The most goals Bauskis ever kicked in a single game was 13, against in round 11 of the 1979 season. He twice won the

Bernie Naylor Medal The Bernie Naylor Medal is an Australian rules football award which is given to the leading goalkicker at the end of each home and away season in the West Australian Football League. It is named after South Fremantle full-forward Bernie Naylor. B ...

as the league's leading goalkicker, with 107 goals in 1977 and 83 goals in 1978. Bauskis only ever played in one interstate game, kicking two goals for

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against

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in 1976. He played that game alongside his older brother Eddie, who played for South Fremantle and .EDDIE BAUSKIS
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bauskis, Ray 1954 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Western Australia South Fremantle Football Club players