Ray Baartz

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Ray Baartz
Personal information
Full name Raymond Henry Baartz [1]
Date of birth (1947-03-06) 6 March 1947 (age 77)
Place of birth Newcastle, New South Wales
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1963 Adamstown Rosebuds
1963–1965 Manchester United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1966–1974 Sydney Hakoah 236 (211)
International career
1967–1974 Australia 48 (18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 August 2007
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 August 2007

Raymond Henry "Ray" Baartz (born 6 March 1947) is an Australian former soccer player who played as a forward. He represented Australia 48 times between 1967 and 1974, scoring 18 goals, making him the nation's eighth-highest goal scorer of all time.

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Baartz 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.

Baartz was selected in the Australian squad to play in the World Cup finals in 1974 [2] but his career was prematurely ended after he was felled by a blow from Uruguay's Luis Garisto (known as el Loco (in English crazy)) in a friendly international fixture at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The blow to his throat had damaged his carotid artery. [3]

Ray currently still lives in Newcastle.

Awards and recognition

Baartz was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985. [4]

Baartz Terrace in the Sydney suburb of Glenwood is named for him. [5]

On 5 December 2000, Baartz was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for services to soccer. [6]

On 12 July 2012, Baartz was named in the Greatest ever Australian team. [7]

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