Playing 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
Playing 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.
To view a list of corresponding matches, click on the List button.
| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | - | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Toowoomba | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Queensland Firsts | - | 3 | 3 | 7 | - | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | South Queensland Firsts | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Central Queensland | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | - | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | - | 18 | 2 | 16 | - | 38 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 5.56% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Bulimba Cup | - | 9 | 3 | 9 | - | 27 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 22.22% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 28 | 6 | 23 | - | 64 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 17.86% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1970 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Toowoomba | 1961-63 | 11 | 3 | 9 | - | 27 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 18.18% | List | ||||
| QLD Firsts | 1963, 1965-66, 1969-71 | 21 | 5 | 23 | - | 61 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 9.52% | List | ||||
| South QLD Firsts | 1963 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Central QLD | 1964, 1966, 1970 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1961-1971 | 36 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 91 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 19.44% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter
Your Say
3 Jul 2011 8:48pm
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.
4 Feb 2012 3:11pm
Yeh ray! thats awesome!
16 Jun 2015 1:19pm
He had a passion for football and lived it
27 Jul 2015 4:47pm
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.
9 Jan 2018 6:41am
I had the privilege of playing under turtle for Souths in Nambour in 1972. Great footballer,great bloke.
20 Dec 2018 11:21pm
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
2 Feb 2019 6:15pm
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
5 Feb 2019 12:39pm
ray coached me and taught me so much anout the game. A great coach and even a better man
10 Nov 2021 11:49am
The Aussie
14 May 2022 10:03pm
Played against Ray for Gympie v Sunshine Coast 1971, a great skillful fullback.
6 Oct 2024 7:25pm
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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