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{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
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| lastname = Gray
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{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Brian Gray
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|2|21|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|2|21|df=yes}}
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| originalteam = Coleraine
| heightweight = 175 cm / 76 kg
| death_date =
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| death_place =
| death_place =
| originalteam = Coleraine
| debutdate = 1956
| height = 175 cm
| debutteam = [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]
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| weight = 76 kg
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| playingteams = [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] (1956–65)
* 111 games 45 goals
| statsend = 1965
| statsend = 1965
| years1 = 1956–1965
| club1 = [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]
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'''Brian Gray''' (born 21 February 1938) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er who played for [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] in the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] (VFL) during the late 1950s and early 1960s.
'''Brian Gray''' (born 21 February 1938) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er who played for [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] in the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] (VFL) during the late 1950s and early 1960s.


Gray usually played as a wingman but could also rove and play at half forward. He was a member of Collingwood's 1958 premiership team and played in a losing Grand Final in 1960. In the 1962 [[Brownlow Medal]] count he polled well with an equal sixth place finish and represented the [[Victoria Australian rules football team|Victorian interstate side]] in both 1961 and 1962.
Gray usually played as a wingman but could also rove and play at half forward. He was a member of Collingwood's 1958 premiership team and played in a losing Grand Final in 1960. In the 1962 [[Brownlow Medal]] count he polled well with an equal sixth-place finish and represented the [[Victoria Australian rules football team|Victorian interstate side]] in both 1961 and 1962.

==See also==
* [[Australian football at the 1956 Summer Olympics]]


==References==
==References==
*{{AflRleague|ref=B/Brian_Gray.html}}
*{{AFL Tables|ref=B/Brian_Gray.html}}
*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.


{{1958 Collingwood Magpies premiership players}}
{{1958 Collingwood premiership players}}


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| DATE OF BIRTH = 21 February 1938
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[[Category:1938 births]]
[[Category:1938 births]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:Collingwood Football Club players]]
[[Category:Collingwood Football Club players]]
[[Category:Collingwood Football Club premiership players]]
[[Category:Coleraine Football Club players]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Australian footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:VFL/AFL premiership players]]


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Latest revision as of 10:28, 2 August 2023

Brian Gray
Personal information
Date of birth (1938-02-21) 21 February 1938 (age 86)
Original team(s) Coleraine
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1956–1965 Collingwood 111 (45)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1965.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Brian Gray (born 21 February 1938) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Gray usually played as a wingman but could also rove and play at half forward. He was a member of Collingwood's 1958 premiership team and played in a losing Grand Final in 1960. In the 1962 Brownlow Medal count he polled well with an equal sixth-place finish and represented the Victorian interstate side in both 1961 and 1962.

See also

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References

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