Background
Ian Gray is the son of Avenel and Georgina Gray. He was born on 22 July 1963 and raised in Manly Vale, a suburb of northern Sydney, in the Northern Beaches region.
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He began playing Football at Manly Vale Soccer Club and Western Suburbs South Carolina (NSW), then later for A.P.I.A. Leichhardt (playing five seasons and 85 games) and Marconi (playing seven seasons, over 150 games and winning three titles, the last in 1993 as captain) in the National Soccer League. International career
Later in the year he joined the Australian National Team on a long world tour, playing in China, England, Scotland and Italy. He was capped 14 times (A-Internationals) for the Australian National Team,scoring once.
Ian Gray mentored Steve Corica and Mark Schwarzer during their early years.
After retiring from professional football in 1995 Gray continued to play at an amateur level for the Maccabi Masters and Team Bondi but also turned his attention to helping junior players. Most recently he was coaching at Maccabi Hakoah Football Club with the Under 15 State Youth League.
A 22-year-old woman was subsequently charged with manslaughter.
Achievements
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In 1981 he began a 12-year national representative career, and in 1984 was involved in Australia"s 1986 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup qualifying campaign. In September 2015, with the permission of Avenel Gray, Manly Vale Football Club named their perpetual Senior Player of the Year trophy as the "Ian Gray Senior Men"s Player of the Year".
Membership
Playing another 21 non-A Internationals over nine years and between 1984 and 1992 scored 6 goals (three A International goals) for the national team In 2004 he was inducted into the Australian Football (Soccer) Hall of Fame, (Award of Distinction) and was also a member of the Football Federation Australia Appeals committee.
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Australia