Ray Powell (Australian footballer)

Ray Powell
Personal information
Full name Harold Raymond Powell
Date of birth 7 August 1923
Place of birth Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Date of death 7 July 1993(1993-07-07) (aged 69)
Original team(s) Essendon Stars
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1942–1947 Essendon 49 (69)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Harold Raymond 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.[1] He only twice played more than half the game in a season, with 16 appearances in 1944, followed by 14 games in 1945.[2] His 43 goals in 1944, five of them in the finals, were enough to top Essendon's goal-kicking.[3]

Powell played for Victorian Football Association (VFA club Brunswick from 1947 to 1949 and was then coach of Ascot Vale.[4]

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  2. ^ "AFL Tables: Ray Powell". afltables.com.
  3. ^ Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 – The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.
  4. ^ "Powell, Ray". Essendon Football Club official website. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012.