Ray Baartz

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Ray Baartz
Full name	Ray Baartz
Date of birth	March 6, 1947 (1947-03-06) (age 61)
Place of birth	Newcastle, Australia
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1963 1963-1965 1966-1974	Adamstown Rosebuds Manchester United Sydney Hakoah
National team²
1967-1974	Australia	59 (21)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 August 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 25 August 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Ray Baartz (born 6 March 1947) was an Australian football (soccer) player. He is a member of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

Ray was born in Newcastle, New South Wales and spent his early years playing for Adamstown. At 17 he joined Manchester United and after 6 months signed on a two year contract. In 1966 he returned to Australia and transferred to Sydney Hakoah for a then Australian record of ₤5600. He played 236 club matches scoring 211 goals.

He represented Australia 48 times scoring 18 goals, making him the 8th highest goal scorer of all time.

Ray currently still lives in Newcastle and owns a sport store.