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Where Are They Now?: Ray McAuliffe
by Ron Head Football recruiting in Western Australia has thrown up many anecdotes over the years regarding how players end up at whatever club, with the story of Steve Marsh walking into the wrong change room at Fremantle Oval in 1945 achieving folklore status. In another quirk of the game, Kellerberrin ruckman Ray McAuliffe was signed, sealed and delivered to the Bulldogs four years later but ended up at Subiaco, in what was virtually a chocolates to boiled lollies changeover, with the Port side an imposing combination at the time, while the Maroons were at the other end of the ladder and struggling. The nineteen year old McAuliffe was spotted by South Fremantle in 1949 when playing with the strong…
January 27th, 2012
