Ray Brady

{{Short description|Irish footballer}}

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| name = Ray Brady

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| fullname = Thomas Raymond Brady

| birth_date = {{birth date |1937|6|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland

| death_date={{death date and age|2016|11|15|1937|6|3|df=y}}

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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = 1954–1955 |youthclubs1 = Home Farm

| years1 = 1955–1957 |clubs1 = Transport |caps1 = 37 |goals1 = 8

| years2 = 1957–1963 |clubs2 = Millwall |caps2 = 165 |goals2 = 4

| years3 = 1963–1966 |clubs3 = Queens Park Rangers |caps3 = 88 |goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1966–1968 |clubs4 = Hastings United |caps4 = |goals4 =

| years5 = 1968–1971 |clubs5 = St Patrick's Athletic |caps5 = 49 |goals5 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1963—1964 |nationalteam1 = Republic of Ireland |nationalcaps1 = 6 |nationalgoals1 = 0

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Thomas Raymond Brady (3 June 1937 – 15 November 2016) was an Irish international footballer who played in England in the late 1950s and early 1960s with Millwall and Queens Park Rangers.

Brady signed for Millwall from Transport F.C. in July 1957. He then signed for QPR in July 1963 and made his debut in August of that year against Charlton Athletic. In all Brady made 88 league appearances for QPR.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

His brother Pat played for Millwall from 1959 until he too joined QPR in 1963,{{cite book|title=Soccer Who's Who|author=Maurice Golesworth|publisher=The Sportsmans Book Club|year=1965}} and his other brothers Liam and Frank were also professional footballers. His great uncle Frank Brady Sr. was also an Irish international.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

Brady won six full caps for the Republic of Ireland in 1963 and 1964. He died on 15 November 2016, at the age of 79.{{cite web|url=http://www.the42.ie/ray-brady-death-liam-brady-3083959-Nov2016/|title= Former Ireland international Ray Brady, brother of Liam, passes away|date=16 November 2016|work=The 42|accessdate=17 November 2016}}

After retiring from football, he purchased a public house "The Railway and Bicycle" in Sevenoaks, Kent, where he was well known as a local character.