Ray Usher (16 October 1904 – 15 April 1964) was a former
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 with
Melbourne in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
Usher played with the Ebden Rovers Football Club in their losing grand final against
Hume Weir FC in the Albury & Border Football Association in 1923.
In 1924, Usher commenced the season playing with the
Wangaratta Football Club in the
Ovens & Murray Football League., but by June was playing with the
Albury Football Club. In August, 1924, Usher was disqualified until the end of the season. Usher played with Albury once again in 1925.
Usher trained with Richmond Football Club in early, 1926, but ended up playing with
Coburg Football Club in 1926.
In 1927, Usher played with the Eastern Suburbs Football Club premiership side, defeating Newtown in the Sydney competition.
Usher made his VFL debut against Footscray in round eleven, 1928 at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadiu ...
.
Usher went onto represent Victoria five times during his VFL career.
Usher trained with Hawthorn in early 1934, before being appointed as the playing coach at
Golden Point, Ballarat in 1934 and the following year moved to Tasmania, where he coached
Lefroy in 1935, then coached
Burnie from 1936
to 1940, being runners up in 1936, then winning the 1937 and 1939 premierships.
See also
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1927 Melbourne Carnival
The 1927 Melbourne Carnival was the sixth Australian National Football Carnival: an Australian rules football interstate competition.
New South Wales caused the biggest upset of the carnival when they defeated Tasmania by three points and, also, ...
References
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1928 Melbourne FC team photoMay, 1929 Melbourne FC team photoJuly, 1929 Melbourne FC team photo
1904 births
1964 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
Melbourne Football Club players
Golden Point Football Club players
Golden Point Football Club coaches
Lefroy Football Club players
Burnie Football Club players
East Sydney Australian Football Club players
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