John Raymond “Ray” Gillam

HERITAGE No: 335

WESTS LIFE MEMBER No: 33

BIRTH: 8 September 1909

Berry, NSW

DEATH: 23 March 1998 Royal North Shore Hospital, North Sydney, NSW

DEATH: 23 March 1998

Royal North Shore Hospital, North Sydney, NSW

OCCUPATION: Bank Clerk, 1949

RESIDENCE: Hammond Ave Croydon, NSW, 1949

GAME HISTORY

South Coast RL juniors (Berry) 1924
Pambula RL 1925
Henty RL 1925, 1926
Bowral RL 1927
Lithgow All Blacks RL 1928
Lithgow RL v Balmain RL 1928
Glebe RL 1928 ???
Eastern Suburbs RL 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933
Eastern Suburbs RL v South Auckland RL 1931
Eastern Suburbs RL v Auckland RL Colts 1931
North Sydney RL 1934, 1935
Wests RL First Grade 1936, 1937
Wests RL 2nd Grade 1936, 1938, 1941
Wests RL City Cup 1937
Wests RL General Committee 1937, 1938, 1949
Wests RL Vice President 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955
Wests RL Deputy Delegate to NSWRL 1940
Wests RL Selector 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953
Wests RL Auditor 1946
Wests RL 3rd Grade Coach 1941
Wests RL 2nd Grade Coach 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946

Ray

Ray Gillam was born into a rugby league family at Berry on the NSW South Coast.

His father, George Gillam, was a long term President of the South Coast Rugby League and Town Clerk of the town of Berry. George Gillam was a contemporary of Wests player, Ephraim Mison. He was the first Secretary of the South Coast Rugby League formed after Eph Mison moved that a South Coast Rugby League be formed in 1911.

Ray Gillam started his career playing rugby league at Berry. His work as a Bank Teller required him to move to Country towns, including Henty, Bowral, and Lithgow. He made an impact playing football as well as taking on administrative roles with the Clubs he played with.