Stephen Charles Rae 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 and Richmond

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

 in the VFL

Australian Football League

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 during the 1970s.

Aged just 17 when he debuted for St Kilda in 1969, Rae was a half forward and played in the Saint's losing 1971 VFL Grand Final

1971 VFL Grand Final

The 1971 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and St Kilda Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 1971. It was the 75th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...

team. He crossed to Richmond in 1973 and played in their premiership side that year before a knee injury caused his retirement.