Raymond "Ray" Slocum (16 August 1936 – 14 November 2013)
was an
Australian rules footballer who played for
Fitzroy Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to:
People As a given name
*Several members of the Somerset family ( Dukes of Beaufort) have this as a middle-name:
**FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855)
**Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beau ...
in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL).
Football
Recruited locally, Slocum developed into a wingman after being used initially as a rover and at half forward.
On 6 July 1963, he was the 20th man for the young and inexperienced Fitzroy team that comprehensively and unexpectedly defeated
Geelong, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the
1963 Miracle Match
The 1963 Miracle Match was an Australian rules football game contested in the second half of the 1963 VFL season home-and-away competition’s round 10 "split round" matches.
The match, between the Fitzroy Football Club and the Geelong F ...
.
Coach
After retiring he became coach of the Fitzroy reserves and filled in as senior coach for a match against Hawthorn in the
1968 VFL season
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. He would later coach
Eltham
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and steered them to the 1972
Diamond Valley Football League
The Northern Football Netball League (formerly known as the Diamond Valley Football League and later Northern Football League) is an Australian sports league based in the Diamond Valley region of suburban Melbourne, Victoria. The league regu ...
premiership.
See also
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1963 Miracle Match
The 1963 Miracle Match was an Australian rules football game contested in the second half of the 1963 VFL season home-and-away competition’s round 10 "split round" matches.
The match, between the Fitzroy Football Club and the Geelong F ...
Notes
References
* Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
External links
1936 births
2013 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Fitzroy Football Club players
Fitzroy Football Club coaches
Eltham Football Club coaches
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