Ray Powell (Australian footballer)

Ray Powell
Personal information
Full name Harold Raymond Powell
Date of birth 7 August 1923
Place of birth Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Date of death 7 July 1993 (aged 69)
Original team(s) Essendon Stars
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1942–1947 Essendon 49 (69)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Harold Raymond Powell (7 August 1923 – 7 July 1993) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Powell was a utility player, often featuring as a half forward flanker. He only twice played more than half the game in a season, with 16 appearances in 1944, followed by 14 games in 1945. His 43 goals in 1944, five of them in the finals, were enough to top Essendon's goal-kicking.

Powell played for Victorian Football Association (VFA club Brunswick from 1947 to 1949 and was then coach of Ascot Vale.