Ray Allsopp
Personal information
Full name Raymond Arthur Allsopp
Date of birth (1933-12-20)20 December 1933
Date of death 20 October 2021(2021-10-20) (aged 87)
Original team(s) University Blacks[1]
Height 166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
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.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Raymond Arthur Allsopp OAM (20 December 1933 – 20 October 2021) was an Australian rules football player who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1955 to 1959.[2] 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. The Victorian Australian Football Coaches Association (AFCA) annually recognises his contribution to junior football through the Ray Allsopp Auskick Coach of the Year award.

He was given an AFL Life Membership for administration in 2010 and the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2017 for his service to sport.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Argus, "V. F. L. permits", 14 April 1955, p. 1S
  2. ↑ Bartlett, Rhett (28 October 2021). "Vale Ray Allsopp". richmondfc.com.au. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  3. ↑ Main, Jim; Holmesby, Russell (1992). The Encyclopedia of League Footballers. Melbourne, Victoria: Wilkinson Books. p. 5. ISBN 1-86337-085-4.
  4. ↑ "AFL Tables - Ray Allsop - Stats - Statistics".
  5. ↑ Atkinson, Jordy (25 January 2017). "Australia Day Honours for a good sport". Herald Sun. Retrieved 22 October 2021.


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