# Ray Ferris

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{{Short description|Northern Irish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name        = Ray Ferris
| fullname    = Raymond Osborn Ferris<ref name="Hugman" />
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1920|9|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Newry](/source/Newry), [County Down](/source/County_Down), Ireland
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1994|2|1|1920|9|22|df=y}}<ref>{{NFT player|35168|accessdate=16 March 2019}}</ref>
| death_place = [Manchester](/source/Manchester), England
| height      = {{height|ft=5|in=8+1/2}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nifootball.blogspot.com/2006/11/ray-ferris.html |title=Ray Ferris |website=Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats (NIFG) |publisher=Jonny Dewart |access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref>
| position    = [Left half](/source/Wing_half)
| youthyears1 =          
| youthclubs1 = [Sweetafton Rovers](/source/Sweetafton_Rovers)
| youthyears2 =          
| youthclubs2 = [Glentoran](/source/Glentoran_F.C.) (trial)
| youthyears3 = 1938–1939 
| youthclubs3 = [Brentford](/source/Brentford_F.C.) (amateur)
| youthyears4 = 1939      
| youthclubs4 = Cambridge Town
| youthyears5 =          
| youthclubs5 = [Distillery](/source/Lisburn_Distillery_F.C.) (trial)
| youthyears6 =          
| youthclubs6 = [Linfield](/source/Linfield_F.C.)
| years1 = 1945–1949 
| clubs1 = [Crewe Alexandra](/source/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.) 
| caps1 = 101 
| goals1 = 23
| years2 = 1949–1953 
| clubs2 = [Birmingham City](/source/Birmingham_City_F.C.) 
| caps2 = 90  
| goals2 = 3
| years3 = 1953–1954 
| clubs3 = [Worcester City](/source/Worcester_City_F.C.)   
| caps3 =     
| goals3 = 
| nationalyears1= 1949–1951
| nationalteam1= [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team)
| nationalcaps1= 3 
| nationalgoals1 = 1
}}
'''Raymond Osborn Ferris''' (22 September 1920 – 1 February 1994) was a Northern Irish professional [footballer](/source/association_football) who played as a [left half](/source/Wing_half). He played nearly 200 games in [the Football League](/source/the_Football_League) for [Crewe Alexandra](/source/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.) and [Birmingham City](/source/Birmingham_City_F.C.), and won three [international caps](/source/cap_(sport)) for [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team).<ref name="Hugman" /> His father, [James](/source/Jimmy_Ferris), had also been an international footballer.

Born in [Newry](/source/Newry), [County Down](/source/County_Down), Ferris spent short trial spells at [Irish League](/source/Irish_Football_League) clubs [Distillery](/source/Lisburn_Distillery_F.C.) and [Glentoran](/source/Glentoran_F.C.) before crossing to England where he signed [amateur](/source/amateur) forms for [Brentford](/source/Brentford_F.C.). By the time the Second World War broke out he was playing [non-league football](/source/non-league_football) for [Cambridge Town](/source/Cambridge_Town_F.C.) and then moved to [Linfield](/source/Linfield_F.C.).<ref name="White">{{Cite book|title=100 Years Of Brentford|publisher=Brentford FC|year=1989|isbn=978-0951526200|editor-last=White|editor-first=Eric|pages=170}}</ref> During the war he made guest appearances for [Tottenham Hotspur](/source/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C.), [West Ham United](/source/West_Ham_United_F.C.) and former club Brentford.<ref name="White" />

After the war he signed professionally for [Crewe Alexandra](/source/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.), for whom he played over 100 times. He then moved to [First Division](/source/Football_League_First_Division) club [Birmingham City](/source/Birmingham_City_F.C.), for whom he also made over 100 appearances. He was a hard-working, hard-tackling type of half-back with great determination. In the closed season of 1953 he went on a representative tour with the [IFA](/source/Irish_Football_Association) to the United States and Canada, where he sustained a leg injury that eventually ended his career. Though he played for [Worcester City](/source/Worcester_City_F.C.) in the [Southern League](/source/Southern_Football_League) for one more season, he was forced to retire in 1954.

Ferris died in a Manchester nursing home in February 1994, aged 73.<ref name="Hugman">{{Hugman|6332|access-date=20 June 2016}}</ref> His legs had been amputated due to circulation problems.

==References==
===General===
*{{cite book|author=Matthews, Tony|title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |year=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books|location=Derby|pages=86|isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}}
*{{cite web|url=https://nifootball.blogspot.com/2006/11/ray-ferris.html|title=Ray Ferris |publisher=Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats|date=23 November 2006|access-date=1 November 2007}}
===Specific===
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferris, Ray}}
Category:1920 births
Category:1994 deaths
Category:Northern Ireland men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Brentford F.C. players
Category:Crewe Alexandra F.C. players
Category:Birmingham City F.C. players
Category:Worcester City F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Association footballers from Newry
Category:Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland
Category:Pre-1950 IFA men's international footballers
Category:Brentford F.C. wartime guest players

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