Ray Bower

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Ray Bower

| image =

| fullname = Raymond John Bower

| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|01|05|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|1995|05|16|1923|01|05|df=y}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = Castlemaine

| height = 171 cm

| weight = 68 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1947

| years1 = 1944–45

| club1 = {{AFL Ric}}

| games_goals1 = 13 (8)

| years2 = 1946–47

| club2 = {{AFL Ess}}

| games_goals2 = 10 (1)

| years3 = 1948, 52

| club3 = Port Melbourne (VFA)

| games_goals3 =

| games_goalstotal = 23 (9)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Raymond John Bower (5 January 1923 – 16 May 1995) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). {{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=84}}