Coaching Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Raymond Laird
- Nickname(s)
- Turtle
- Born
- Sunday, 27th July, 1941
- Died
- Saturday, 2nd February, 2019 (Aged 77 years and 190 days)
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Graham Laird
- Son-in-law
- Paul Grundy
- Grandson
- Zach Grundy
Biography
Queensland fullback had a brief stay with St George in 1962 (reserve grade premiers) before returning to his home state. Laird first played for Queensland as a 22-year-old in 1963 against NSW and South Africa and was to be a frequent state rep during the 1960s. He was called into Australia's Second Test side that lost to Great Britain in 1970 following an injury to Graeme Langlands. Laird was over-looked for the deciding Test that year when selectors opted for goal-kicking Easts fullback Allan McKean.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Coaching Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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| Tour Matches | Wide Bay | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||||
| Tour Matches | North Queensland Firsts | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||||
| Club Career - Australia | Games | W | L | D | Win % | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midweek Cup | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||||||
| Overall | Games | W | L | D | Win % | |||||||||
| First Class | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||||||
Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
| Wide Bay | 1974-75 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||||||
| North QLD | 1978 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||||||
| Overall | 1974-1978 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | |||||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter
Your Say
03/07/2011
Don't recall Dad playing for St George, proud as punch when he made the Team of Century for North Queensland, Sunshine Coast and Toowoomba.
04/02/2012
Yeh ray! thats awesome!
16/06/2015
He had a passion for football and lived it
27/07/2015
Lovely bloke.Great player.I rented a house from him in Rocky in 1972.Went into the spare room and in his cupboard was his Qld and Aust blazer.
09/01/2018
I had the privilege of playing under turtle for Souths in Nambour in 1972. Great footballer,great bloke.
20/12/2018
he is my great aunties husband(betty laird) former stevens, he represented in many football things and won multiple events, we are proud to call him family
02/02/2019
It was a pleasure to play with and against the great Ray Laird, he changed and resurrected the Sunshine Coast/ Wide Bay league competition 1970-75. He was a true league man, tough and great leader. Benny Pike
05/02/2019
ray coached me and taught me so much anout the game. A great coach and even a better man
10/11/2021
The Aussie
14/05/2022
Played against Ray for Gympie v Sunshine Coast 1971, a great skillful fullback.
06/10/2024
I had the absolute honour of nursing this wonderful man in our awesome memory care unit at Good Shepherd Lodge in Mackay xx
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