Raymond 'Ray' Smith is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a two-time premiership winning centre with the St George Dragons in the New South Wales Rugby League competition.

Playing career

A local junior from the Bexley-Kingsgrove Club, Smith came into first grade with the St George Dragons after injuries sustained by

Merv Lees Mervyn John Lees (1932-2018) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. He was a premiership-winning centre with the St George Dragons and a New South Wales rugby league team, state representative. Career Me ...

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Ross Kite Ross Ernest Kite (1930–2004) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. He was a premiership winning goal-kicking, winger with the St George Dragons, made state representative appearances and played in Test matches ...

during 1957 and retained his position in first grade for two seasons (1957-1958). During this time, Smith won two premierships with the premiership winning grand final teams of

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...

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. His place in the team was taken by a youthful

Reg Gasnier Reginald William "Reg" Gasnier (12 May 1939 – 11 May 2014) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach. He played for the St. George Dragons from 1959 to 1967 and represented Australian national rugby league team, Australia in a then ...

in 1959. He finished his career at Thirroul, New South Wales and represented New South Wales on five occasions between 1960 and 1962.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 ()

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