Alan Rayson

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Alan Rayson

| image =

| fullname = Alan Arthur Rayson

| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|10|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Geelong, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1982|2|25|1924|10|26|df=yes}}

| death_place = Geelong, Victoria

| originalteam = East Geelong

| height = 175 cm

| weight = 67 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1947

| years1 = 1943

| club1 = {{AFL Car}}

| games_goals1 = {{0}}2 {{0}}(2)

| years2 = 1946–1947

| club2 = {{AFL Gee}}

| games_goals2 = 18 (15)

| games_goalstotal = 20 (17)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Alan Arthur Rayson (26 October 1924 – 25 February 1982){{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Alan%2BRayson/6942|title=Alan Rayson - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=26 December 2014}} was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club and Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=691}}

Rayson's football career was interrupted by his service in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II.{{cite web |url=https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=960121&c=WW2 |title=World War II Roll: RAYSON, Alan Arthur |publisher=Department of Veterans Affairs}}