Career
Rae at the age of fifteen rode his bicycle to Saint Kilda"s home ground in Moorabbin and demaded to be signed because he was that good. The following year the club signed him, he also asked Coach Allan Jeans to be excued from Tuesday night training as it interferred with his piano lessons. Aged just 17 when he debuted for Street Kilda in 1969, Rae was a half forward and played in the Saint"s losing 1971 VFL Grand Final team
Rae then turned to umpiring, first in the country before moving to umpiring the VFL Under 19s.
He then returned to playing football and coaching for clubs throughout Victoria and was the Vice-President of the Hampden Football League in 1990. He has a business in which he tunes pianos.
