Ray Pointer

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}

{{more citations needed|date=January 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography| name= Ray Pointer

| fullname = Raymond Pointer

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|10|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cramlington, Northumberland, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|1|26|1936|10|10|df=y}}

| death_place = Blackpool, Lancashire, England

| height =

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1957–1964

| years2 = 1965

| years3 = 1965–1966

| years4 = 1966–1972

| years5 = 1972–1975

| clubs1 = Burnley

| clubs2 = Bury

| clubs3 = Coventry City

| clubs4 = Portsmouth

| clubs5 = Waterlooville

| caps1 = 223

| caps2 = 19

| caps3 = 26

| caps4 = 152

| caps5 = ?

| goals1 = 118

| goals2 = 17

| goals3 = 13

| goals4 = 31

| goals5 = ?

| nationalyears1 = 1961

| nationalteam1 = England

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 2

}}

Raymond Pointer (10 October 1936 – 26 January 2016) was an English professional footballer and England international who played as a striker.

He had a long and successful playing career, totalling over 400 league appearances whilst playing for Burnley, Bury, Coventry City, Portsmouth and Waterlooville. He won 3 England caps overall whilst at Burnley, scoring 2 goals for his country. He won his first cap on 28 September 1961 in a 4–1 win against Luxembourg. He scored in that match. His other England goal was against Portugal. He died in a nursing home in Blackpool, Lancashire, in 2016.[http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/news/local/champion-claret-ray-pointer-dies-aged-79-1-7696366 "Champion Claret Ray Pointer dies aged 79"], Pendle Today, 26 January 2016