Ray Wartman (29 January 1915 – 20 April 2008) 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 with

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

in the VFL.

Football

Wartman played with the

Whorouly Football Club Whorouly is a town in northeast Victoria, Australia. Its name is possibly derived from an Aboriginal word meaning a black (or red) cockatoo, although another suggestion is that it means "underwater". The town is in the valley of the Ovens River ...

in the

Ovens & King Football League The Ovens & King Football Netball League is a minor country Australian rules football league based in North-Eastern Victoria in the vicinity of Wangaratta and more recently Benalla. History The ''Ovens & King Football League'' was formed on ...

in the early 1930s and commenced with his VFA career with the

Camberwell Football Club Camberwell Football Club was an Australian rules football club which formed around the mid-1880s, with a published match in 1886 and competed in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) between 1926 and 1990. Nicknamed the Cobras, Camberwell wo ...

in late 1932 during the final series. Wartman was cleared to Whorouly in early 1933. Wartman then returned to Camberwell in 1934, before commencing with Melbourne in 1935, winning the Best First Year Player award. A wingman, Wartman was a member of Melbourne's successful side in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Wartman played in three consecutive premierships with Melbourne, in

1939 This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to ...

1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *January ...

, and

1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...

Athletics

Wartman won the 1937 Castlemaine Gift, which elevated him as one of the pre-race favourites for the

Stawell Gift The Stawell Gift is Australia's oldest and richest short-distance running race. It is the main event in an annual carnival held on Easter weekend by the Stawell Athletic Club, with the main race finals on the holiday Monday, at Central Park, St ...

, but he came second in his heat.

Golf

Wartman made the semi-finals of the 1954 Victorian Amateur Golf Championships. In 1955,

Huntingdale Golf Club Huntingdale Golf Club is a golf club located in Oakleigh South, Melbourne, Australia. The origins of what would become Huntingdale Golf Club began in 1924, when a Committee leased some property in Doncaster Road, Doncaster and laid out an 18-ho ...

pair Bob Bull and Ray Wartman won the Australasian Foursomes Shield.

Notes

External links

*
Ray Wartman, at ''The VFA Project''.
1915 births 2008 deaths Australian male sprinters Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents Melbourne Football Club players Camberwell Football Club players Melbourne Football Club premiership players VFL/AFL premiership players {{AFL-bio-1915-stub