Gordon Kitchener Rattray was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League.
13 Facts About Gordon Rattray
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Gordon Rattray was the first VFL player to use the torpedo punt.
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The son of Bruce Rattray and Laura Rattray, nee Barratt, Gordon Kitchener Rattray was born at Shepparton on 19 October 1898.
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Gordon Rattray married Janet Elizabeth Wharton on 29 June 1922.
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Gordon Rattray enlisted in the First AIF on 21 April 1917.
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Gordon Rattray served in France, returned to Australia on 2 January 1919, and was discharged on 2 March 1919.
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Gordon Rattray came back to the club in 1919 and won their best and fairest trophy.
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Gordon Rattray won it again in 1921 and was a premiership player in 1922.
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Gordon Rattray was still residentially tied to Fitzroy and thus ineligible to play for Melbourne.
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Gordon Rattray served the entire season as Melbourne's non-playing coach.
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Melbourne failed to make the Finals in 1924; and, consequently, Gordon Rattray was able to return to Fitzroy as a player for one Finals match, the second of the club's Round Robin Semi-Final matches against Richmond on 20 September 1924.
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Gordon Rattray played 53 games and kicked 39 goals in his three years at Brighton.
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Gordon Rattray died at his home in Sandringham, Victoria, on 10 December 1964.