Ray Gartner
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| Full name | Raymond William Gartner | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1934 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 January 1983 Greenacre, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Raymond William Gartner (1934-1983) was an Australian rugby league player from the 1950s and 1960s.
Ray Gartner had a long and successful career at Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, playing eleven seasons and over 200 grade games between 1953-1964. He also captained the N.S.W. Colts against Great Britain in 1954. He was the son of Newtown and Canterbury legend, Joe Gartner. [1]
Ray Gartner died from leukemia on 24 January 1983, aged only 49. [2]