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John Tilmann Bray

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John Tilmann Bray

Birth
Graham, Young County, Texas, USA
Death
27 Dec 1983 (aged 68)
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
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Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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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.
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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  • Maintained by: Paula and Dale
  • Originally Created by: P. H.
  • Added: Jul 6, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20309960/john_tilmann-bray: accessed ), memorial page for John Tilmann Bray (25 May 1915–27 Dec 1983), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20309960, citing Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Paula and Dale (contributor 46489742).