Ray Riddell

Ray Riddell
Personal information
Full name Norman Raymond Riddell
Date of birth 26 March 1918
Date of death 10 November 2013(2013-11-10) (aged 95)[1]
Original team(s) East Brunswick/Northcote
Height/Weight 178 cm / 86 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1944-46 Collingwood 5 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1946 season.

Norman Raymond Riddell (26 March 1918 10 November 2013) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.

Riddell's VFL career was limited due the war, as he was at the time a Leading Aircraftman with the RAAF.[2] He played twice in the 1944 VFL season and his only appearance in 1945 was a preliminary final, which Collingwood lost. Riddell played in two further games in 1946.[3] He briefly coached Preston in 1951, as a replacement for Reg Ryan who left before the season concluded.

References

  1. Obituary in the Herald Sun, 13 November 2013
  2. The Argus, "Two Players Suspended", 16 August 1944, p. 11
  3. "Ray Riddell". AFL Tables.


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