Ray Allsopp

Ray Allsopp
Personal information
Full name Ray Allsopp[1]
Date of birth (1933-12-20) 20 December 1933
Original team(s) University Blacks[2]
Height / weight 166 cm / 71 kg
Position(s) Rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1955–1959 Richmond 54 (69)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1957 Victoria 1 (?)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1959.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 1957.

Ray Allsopp (born 20 December 1933) is a former Australian rules football player who played the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1955 to 1959. Allsopp played as a rover and was known for reading the ball well off packs.[3] Allsopp represented Victoria in 1957. The 1957 season was Allsopp's best in his VFL career—he kicked a career-high 35 goals and polled six Brownlow Medal votes. He finished his career having played 54 games and having kicked 69 goals.[4]

He went on to become the first full-time administrator in the VFL and was charged with developing Vickick, a junior football program, now known as Auskick. He was given an AFL Life Membership for administration in 2010.

References

  1. ↑ "Lloyd inducted as AFL life member" from Official AFL website
  2. ↑ The Argus, "V. F. L. permits", 14 April 1955, p. 1S
  3. ↑ Main, Jim; Holmesby, Russell (1992). The Encyclopedia of League Footballers. Melbourne, Victoria: Wilkinson Books. p. 5. ISBN 1-86337-085-4.
  4. ↑ http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/R/Ray_Allsop.html


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