Ray Warren
Personal information
Full name Raymond Richard Warren
Date of birth (1918-06-23)23 June 1918
Place of birth Bristol, England
Date of death 13 March 1988(1988-03-13) (aged 69)
Place of death Bristol, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Parson Street Old Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1936–1956 Bristol Rovers 450 (28)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raymond Richard Warren (23 June 1918 – 13 March 1988) was a professional footballer who spent his entire career at Bristol Rovers.[2] He joined the club on 12 March 1936, at the age of 17, and spent twenty years playing as a centre-half with the Eastville club until retiring in 1956.[3] On 26 March 2021, Warren became the fifth player to be inducted into the newly created Bristol Rovers Hall of Fame.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Bristol Rovers. Rovers make clean sweep. Skill, youth and experience". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xi via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Youra Eshaya, the "Desert Footballer"". Zinda magazine. 31 August 2004. Archived from the original on 17 December 2004. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
  3. Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2. |page=p. 507
  4. "Hall of Fame: Ray Warren". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.


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