Ray McHugh is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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 with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL).

McHugh was a star player in the Bendigo Football League

Bendigo Football League

The Bendigo Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Bendigo region of Victoria, Australia.Formed in 1880, it is one of the oldest football leagues in Australia, and among its members are some of the oldest football clubs in Australia, including the Castlemaine...

 before joining St Kilda. He topped the league's goal-kicking in 1956 with 71 goals and at the age of just 16 had been signed by Richmond

Richmond Football Club

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, only to remain in Bendigo. It would instead be St Kilda that got his signature when he moved to Melbourne in 1960. He was used mostly as a strong marking centre half-back

Centre half-back

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 or in the ruck but could also push forward and kicked five goals in a win over Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

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 at Junction Oval

Junction Oval

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 in 1962.

He missed out on being part of St Kilda's premiership triumph in 1966, playing his last game for the club in 1965. Instead, McHugh was the coach of Frankston

Frankston Football Club

Frankston Football Club, nicknamed The Dolphins, is an Australian rules football club based in Frankston, Victoria and currently playing in the Victorian Football League. The club was formed in 1887. The Dolphins have no alignments to any AFL clubs.-Peninsula Football Association:Frankston was a...

 for their inaugural Victorian Football Association

Victorian Football League

The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...

season in 1966.