{{short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Ray Niven | image = | fullname = Raymond Gordon Niven | birth_date = {{birth date|1911|04|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Bealiba, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1992|11|26|1911|04|25|df=yes}} | death_place = | originalteam = Maryborough | height = | weight = | position = | statsend = 1938 | years1 = 1931, 1933–34 | club1 = {{AFL Fit}} | games_goals1 = 23 (24) | years2 = 1932 | club2 = West Perth (WAFL) | games_goals2 = 18 (23) | years3 = 1934 | club3 = {{AFL Mel}} | games_goals3 = {{0}}2 {{0}}(2) | years4 = 1936–38 | club4 = Brighton (VFA) | games_goals4 = 34 (62) | games_goalstotal = | careerhighlights = }} '''Raymond Gordon "Bunty" Niven''' (25 April 1911 – 26 November 1992)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/Players/player/Ray%20Niven/5259|title=Ray Niven - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=19 November 2014}}</ref> was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref>Holmesby & Main (2009), p.621.</ref>
==Family== His brother, Colin Niven played for Fitzroy and Melbourne, and his nephew, Les Reeves, played for North Melbourne.
==Football== He left Fitzroy to play with West Perth in 1932,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/149547985|title=Table Talk - 06/07/1933}}</ref> before returning to Victoria in 1933.
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==References== *{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}} == External links == * {{AFL Tables|ref=R/Ray_Niven.html}} * [http://waflfootyfacts.net/player/stats.php?PlayerID=4745 Ray Niven's playing statistics] from WAFL Footy Facts * [http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Niven,_Ray.php Ray Niven's playing statistics] from The VFA Project
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