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Ray Horwood
Personal information
Full name Ray Horwood
Date of birth (1927-12-01)1 December 1927
Date of death 15 October 2009(2009-10-15) (aged 81)
Original team(s) Collingwood Technical School
Height 157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 60.5 kg (133 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1946–49, 1953–1954 Collingwood 55 (13)
1950–52 Richmond 27 (26)
Total 82 (39)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1952.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ray Horwood (1 December 1927 – 15 October 2009) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

In early 1953, Horwood trained with the Richmond Football Club.[2] He later went back to Collingwood in 1953 [3] and managed to play two senior games in 1954.

Horwood purchased a sport store in Sanger St, Corowa and played with Corowa Football Club in 1955 in the Ovens and Murray Football League.[4]

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 409. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "1953 - "Former Richmond men try again."". The Argus. 13 March 1953. p. 7 – via Trove Newspapers.
  3. ^ "1954 - Magpie Shock by Naming Horwood". The Argus. 7 May 1954. p. 24 – via Trove Newspapers.
  4. ^ "1954 - Ray Horwood". The Corowa Free Press. 31 August 1954. p. 3 – via Trove Newspapers.
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