{{Short description|Australian soccer player (1948–2016)}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ray Ilott | image = | caption = | fullname = Raymond Ilott | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1948|01|11}} | birth_place = London, England | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|11|27|1948|01|11|df=yes}} | height = | position = Forward | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = | years1 = | clubs1 = Leyton Orient | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = | clubs2 = Walthamstow Avenue | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1968–1970 | clubs3 = Cheshunt | caps3 = 40 | goals3 = ? | years4 = 1970–1976 | clubs4 = SMA Cottesloe/Ascot | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 1977 | clubs5 = Rockingham United | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 1978 | clubs6 = Floreat Athena | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 1979–1982 | clubs7 = Forrestfield United | caps7 = | goals7 = | years8 = 1983–1985 | clubs8 = Balga | caps8 = | goals8 = | years9 = 1986 | clubs9 = Wanneroo City | caps9 = | goals9 = | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 1975 | nationalteam1 = Australia | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = Forrestfield | manageryears2 = | managerclubs2 = Balga | manageryears3 = | managerclubs3 = Wanneroo | manageryears4 = | managerclubs4 = Hamersley | manageryears5 = | managerclubs5 = Stirling Macedonia | manageryears6 = | managerclubs6 = Kingsway Olympic | manageryears7 = | managerclubs7 = Kingsley | medaltemplates = | club-update = | ntupdate = }} '''Ray Ilott''' (11 January 1948 – 27 November 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=0-10258-0-0-0&sID=329595&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=50023561|title=Vale Ray Ilott - an Australian and WA champion - Football West Hall of Fame|website=SportsTG|language=en|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref>), was an Australian association footballer.<ref name="fwa1" />
==Playing career==
===Club career=== Ilott was briefly on the books of Football League Division Two team Leyton Orient before playing for a number of English non-league teams.<ref name="fwa1">{{cite web|url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~jacob/wasoccer/archivednews/2006JanFeb.htm|title=On This Day...1948|date=11 January 2006|publisher=FootballWA.net|accessdate=2009-11-17}}</ref> Between 1968 and 1970 he played 40 times for Cheshunt before announcing he was emigrating to Australia.
After arriving in Australia in 1970, Ilott played for Ascot in the Western Australia State League.<ref name="ozf1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/I/IA.html|title=Australian Player Database - I|publisher=ozfootball.net|accessdate=2009-11-17}}</ref>
===State career=== Ilott played 32 times for Western Australia.<ref name="hof1" />
===International career=== Ilott played four full international matches for Australia in 1975, all against the USSR.<ref name="ffa1">{{cite book|title=The Australian National Men’s Football Team: Caps And Captains|publisher=Football Federation Australia}}</ref>
==Honours==
===Player=== * Rothmans Gold Medal - Best and Fairest in State League: 1974<ref name="hof1" /> * Football Hall of Fame Western Australia Hall of Champions Inductee: 1996<ref name=hof1>{{cite web|url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~jacob/wasoccer/halloffame/hallofchampions.htm|title=Hall of Champions|publisher=FootballWA.net|accessdate=2009-11-17}}</ref>
'''Ascot''' * Western Australia State League League Champion: 1974<ref name="fwa1" /> * Western Australia State League Night Series Champion: 1974<ref name="fwa1" />
'''Forrestfield United''' * Western Australia State League Top Four Champion: 1981<ref name="fwa1" />
===Manager=== '''Forrestfield United''' * Western Australia State League Top Four Champion: 1981<ref name="fwa1" />
'''Stirling Macedonia''' * Western Australia State League League Champion: 1987<ref name="fwa1" /> * Western Australia State League Night Series Champion: 1988<ref name="fwa1" />
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