Ray Chamberlain (umpire)

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Ray Chamberlain
Ray Chamberlain - 2019 Grand Final Parade.jpg
Chamberlain in the 2019 AFL Grand Final Parade
Personal information
Full name Ray Chamberlain
Nickname(s) Razor Ray
Date of birth (1976-09-05) 5 September 1976 (age 46)
Place of birth Australian Capital Territory [1]
Umpiring career
YearsLeagueRoleGames
2000–2004 VFL
2004–present AFL Field Umpire 309
Career highlights

Ray Chamberlain (born 5 September 1976), better known as Razor Ray, is an Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League. [2]

Chamberlain was born and grew up in the Australian Capital Territory and umpired his first Australian rules game as a teenager. He was offered an umpiring contract by the VFL in 2000 and promptly moved to Victoria, where he umpired in the VFL for four years before being offered an AFL umpiring contract. Chamberlain is noted for his sense of humour, often cracking jokes on the field. [3] Chamberlain has been criticised by individuals such as coach of Geelong Chris Scott for a perceived lack of ability to perform a centre bounce, claims that Chamberlain has pushed back against. [4]

Chamberlain was selected to officiate in his first grand final on 25 September 2010, the drawn Grand Final between Collingwood and St Kilda. [5]

He formerly taught physical education at Victorian Public High School, Mordialloc College, where he was also a year-level coordinator. [6]

Inaugural inductee to University of Canberra Sport Walk of Fame in 2022. [7]


Footnotes

  1. ↑ "An evening with 'Razor' Ray Chamberlain". Triathlon Victoria. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Ray Chamberlain's Profile at AFLUA Archived 21 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 19 September 2009
  3. ↑ Gawn, Max (29 March 2017). "Maxy Gawn Reveals Some Top Shelf Razor Ray On-Field Banter". TripleM. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  4. ↑ Riordan, Joey (14 October 2020). "'That's all it is': Razor Ray addresses 'difficult' reason for his AFL axing". Seven News. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Sutton, Ben (21 September 2010). "Razor Ray gets grand gig". Sporting News. Archived from the original on 24 September 2010.
  6. ↑ AFLUA Statistics Archived 7 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 18 September 2006
  7. ↑ "Walk of Fame Members". University of Canberra. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

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