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JOHN BRAY, 68, a former football star and longtime football official
and coach, died at a Fort Worth hospital in December,1983. Bray, a
native of Graham who grew up in Ranger, played football for Ranger High
School, Ranger Junior College, Texas Tech Uiversity and Texas Wesleyan
College, where he was named to the all-Texas Conference team. He played
for the Paterson, N.J., Panthers, becoming part of the Panters' 1947
league championship team. Bray later coached football at high schools in
Carrollton, DeKalb, Wellington and Brewer. He officiated at Southwest
Conference football games and was a member of the Southwest Football
Officials Association. He also taught driver's education for the Fort
Worth School district. He retired in 1980. During World War II, Bray was
a captain in the U.S Army Air Corps and served as provost marshal at
Clark Air Field in the Philippines. He married Neil Bray and had a son
and a daughter. Interment was in Greenwood Memorial Park. |
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JOHN T BRAY
CAPT US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
MAY 25, 1915 - DEC 27, 1983
Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
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