Ray Slocum

Ray Slocum
Personal information
Full name	Raymond Slocum
Date of birth	(1937-08-16)16 August 1937
Date of death	14 November 2013(2013-11-14) (aged 76)
Original team(s)	Fitzroy reserves
Height / weight	170 cm / 67 kg
Position(s)	Wing
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1957–1965	Fitzroy	121 (47)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1968	Fitzroy	1 (0–1–0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1965.

Raymond "Ray" Slocum (16 August 1937 - 14 November 2013)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Recruited locally, Slocum developed into a wingman after being used initially as a rover and at half forward. 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. He would later coach Eltham and steered them to the 1972 Diamond Valley Football League premiership.

References

↑ "Herald Sun Tributes - Slocum, Raymond". Herald Sun. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2014.

Ray Slocum's statistics from AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Coaches of the Fitzroy Football Club

1911–1912: Moriarty 1913–1915: Parratt 1916–1919: Holden 1919: Melling 1920–1921: Parratt 1922–1924: Belcher 1925: Lethbridge 1926–1927: Belcher 1928: Rattray 1929: Ringrose 1929: Freake 1930–1931: Niven 1932–1933: Maher 1934: Wigraft 1934: Cashman 1935: Rowe 1936: Bunton 1937–1939: Rattray 1940–1942: Minogue 1943–1947: Hughson 1945: Hillard 1948: Cameron 1949–1951: N. Smith 1952–1954: Ruthven 1955–1957: Stephen 1956: Curcio 1958–1962: L. Smith 1961: Edwards 1963–1964: Murray 1963: Clark 1964: Williams 1965–1970: Stephen 1968: Slocum 1971–1974: Donaldson 1974: Campbell 1975–1977: Rose 1978: Campbell 1979–1980: Stephen 1981–1985: Walls 1986–1988: Parkin 1989–1990: Austin 1991–1994: Shaw 1995: Quinlan 1995: McConnell 1996: Nunan 1996: McConnell

Italics denote caretaker coach

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