Ray Potter was an Australian rules football

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Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played for Richmond

Richmond Football Club

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 in the Victorian Football League

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 (VFL) during the 1940s.

Potter shared his league debut with Don Fraser

Don Fraser, Jr.

Don Fraser Junior was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1945 and 1952 for the Richmond Football Club.Known as "Mopsy", he is still regarded as one of the most rugged players ever to play in the VFL, serving a total 16 weeks in suspensions whilst at the Tigers...

 in the opening round of the 1945 VFL season

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, when Richmond took on Footscray at Punt Road. He kicked two goals to help his club win by 10 points. Potter didn't appear again until early in the 1947 season when Richmond lost to Melbourne.

The forward had more success in the Victorian Football Association

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, kicking 84 goals for Preston

Northern Bullants

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 in 1948 to become the first player from the club to win the VFA Leading Goal-kicker award

Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal

The Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal is awarded to the leading goalkicker in the Victorian Football League . The Medal was named in 1999 in honour of Jim Miller who was the VFL leading goalkicker on six occasions. Nick Sautner currently holds the record for most medals with nine, his most recent coming in...

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