Personal information | |||
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Full name | Raymond Henry Baartz [1] | ||
Date of birth | 6 March 1947 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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.
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 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.
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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