Thomas Raymond Potter (4 June 1925 – 23 February 2000) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played for

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in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL) during the 1940s. Potter shared his league debut with Don Fraser in the opening round of the

1945 VFL season The 1945 VFL season was the 49th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 21 April until 29 September, and comprised a ...

, when Richmond took on Footscray at Punt Road. He kicked two goals to help his club win by 10 points. Potter didn't appear again until early in the 1947 season when Richmond lost to Melbourne. The forward had more success in the

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, kicking 84 goals for

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in 1948 to become the first player from the club to win the VFA Leading Goal-kicker award.

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Ray Potter's playing statistics
from The VFA Project {{DEFAULTSORT:Potter, Ray 1925 births Richmond Football Club players Preston Football Club (VFA) players Stawell Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) 2000 deaths