Blake Bray

Blake Bray
Personal information
Full name Blake Bray
Date of birth 7 July 1992 (1992-07-07) (age 19)
Original team Western Suburbs (Sydney AFL)
Draft #78, 2011 Rookie Draft, Carlton
Height/Weight 191cm / 83kg
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current club Carlton
Number 48
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
(Yet to debut) Carlton 0 (0)
1 Playing statistics to end of EF1, 2011 season .

Blake Bray (born 7th July 1992)[1] is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

Background

From Tahmoor, New South Wales, Bray grew up primarily in a rugby league environment. He began to play Australian rules football as a junior, and typically played as a key position forward. One of the most talented young players in New South Wales at the time, Bray was playing senior football for the Western Suburbs in the Sydney AFL at the age of 15.[2]

In 2008, with Bray still aged 15, the Carlton Football Club signed Bray under the New South Wales Player Scholarship Program. When the scholarship period ended at the end of 2010, Carlton elected to elevate Bray onto its rookie list.[3] He was given guernsey #48.[4]

References

  1. ^ Carlton Football Club, Blake Bray Player Profile bio, Retrieved 25th March 2011.
  2. ^ McAsey, J., The Australian, "Talent for second Sydney side goes interstate", 25th April 2008, Retrieved 25th March 2011.
  3. ^ Because Bray was Carlton's scholarship player, Carlton was able to automatically add Bray to its rookie list without the need for him to be formally drafted (i.e. he was not available for other teams to select). Nevertheless, as a formality, Bray is recorded as having been drafted in the fifth round of the 2011 AFL Rookie Draft.
  4. ^ Carlton Football Club, Blake Bray Player Profile bio, Retrieved 25th March 2011.
Carlton Football Club – current squad
* denotes Rookie Listed players