Ray Gablich

**Raymond Thomas Gabelich** (3 ga watan Yulin shekarar 1933 &#x2D; 18 ga watan Yulin shekarar 2000) ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na kasar Australiya wanda ya yi wasa tare da Collingwood a cikin Victoria Football League (VFL).

## Iyali
An haifi ɗan John (shekarar 1902-shekarar 1988) da Elizabeth Nina "Bessie" Gabelich, née Rerecich (1910-2006), Raymond Thomas Gabelich a Perth a ranar 3 ga watan Yuli shekarar 1933.

Ya auri Glenda Beverley Huxtable a ranar 5 ga watan Satumbar shekarar 1960; suna da 'ya'ya uku: Lisa, Raymond da Matthew .

## Kwallon ƙafa mai son
Gabashin Perth ya hana shi buga wa West Perth wasa a wuraren zama, Gabelich bai iya buga wasan kwallon kafa na farko a Perth ba.

### Dutsen Hawthorn (MJFA)
Da takaici, ya ci gaba da taka leda a matakin farko, a karkashin shekaru 20, kwallon kafa na Mt Hawthorn Amateur Football Club a gasar Metropolitan Junior Football Association ta Perth. Ya kasance kyaftin din tawagar a shekarar  1953, kuma an zaba shi a cikin tawagar wakilan Yammacin Australia don yin wasa a Melbourne. Ya gabatar da roko da yawa da ba su yi nasara ba game da haramcinsa daga buga wa West Perth.

### Gidan shakatawa (VAFA)
Gabelich, wanda ke da shekaru 18, ya fara zuwa ga Collingwood lokacin da yake daya daga cikin 'yan wasa mafi kyau a waje na ƙungiyar Mt. Hawthorn da ta doke ƙungiyar South Fremantle Ex-Scholars (kowane ɗayan sun kasance firaminista a cikin wasanninsu na masu son a wannan shekarar) a ranar 20 ga watan Oktobar shekarar 1951, a cikin ɗaga labule don wasan da ƙungiyar Collingwood mai ziyara ta rasa 22.9 (141) ga South Fremantle 15.12 (102).

Ya zo Collingwood daga Yammacin Ostiraliya a matsayin dan wasan tsakiya a shekara ta 1954 ya makara don a lissafa shi; kuma, don haka, ya ci gaba da buga kwallon kafa tare da Parkside Amateurs, ƙungiyar da tsohon mai horar da Preston (VFA) Les Ross ya horar, a cikin Victorian Amateur Football Association, don sauran 1954: kakar da Parksides suka kasance firaministan C-Grade, ba a duk lokacin ba. Gabelich ya taka leda a tsakiya a Grand Final inda Parkside 15.19 (109) ya ci Old Xaverians 8.12 (60).

Har ila yau, tawagar ta lashe gasar VAFA Lightning Premiership da aka gudanar a karshen mako na ranar haihuwar Sarauniya a matsayin gabatarwa ga wasan Interstate tsakanin kungiyoyin wakilan Victoria da Kudancin Australia.

Rashin da tawagar ta samu a shekara ta 1954 - a zahiri, tawagar ta lashe wasanni 29 a jere a cikin yanayi biyu (1953/1954) - shine lokacin da aka ci ta, 10.6 (66) zuwa 4.11 (35), ta hanyar 1954 Canberra Australian National Football League firaministan, Queanbeyan-Acton, a wasan karshe na karshe a Canberra a ranar 19 ga watan Satumbar shekarar 1954. Gabelich, a tsakiya rabin baya, yana daya daga cikin 'yan wasan Parkside mafi kyau.

Ya kuma buga wa tawagar Collingwood wasa, a kan South Fremantle, a watan Yulin shekara ta 1954.

## Raunin da ya faru
Lokacin da yake aiki a matsayin mai gyarawa da mai juyawa a Melbourne, ya rasa saman yatsansa na tsakiya a hatsarin masana'antu a shekarar 1955 kafin ya buga wasan sa na farko ga Collingwood.

## Farko ga Collingwood
An ba shi izinin yin wasa tare da Collingwood a watan Maris na shekara ta 1955, Gabelich ya fara buga wa Collingwood wasa a ranar 30 ga watan Afrilun shekarar 1955 (zagaye na uku) da St Kilda - ra'ayi na mai sharhi game da aikinsa: "Gabelich: Nice mark and kick. Alkawari, ban da wasan ƙasa" - ya maye gurbin Murray Weideman da ya ji rauni a tsakiya rabin gaba a cikin ƙungiyar da aka zaɓa; ya zira kwallaye 1.4 (10) (yana wasa da Neil Roberts). Gabelich ya kuma buga (a cikin ruck) ga Collingwood a wasan da ya yi a ƙarshen kakar wasa da Perth Football Club, wanda ya lashe gasar Firimiya ta Yammacin Australia ta 1955 a ranar Asabar da ta gabata, a Perth, a ranar 15 ga Oktoba 1955. An bayyana shi a matsayin "mai tsere mai kyau ... mai saurin yaudara da kuma mai tsere ga mutumin da ya fi girma".

Gabelich ya buga wasanni bakwai kawai a shekara ta 1957. A cikin kwata na uku na wasan (zagaye na 6) da aka yi da Arewacin Melbourne a ranar 25 ga watan Mayun shekarar 1957, an kori Gabelich a kafa na ƙasa kuma ya ci gaba da karyewar fibula. Da yake ƙin tayin mai shimfiɗa, Gabelich "ya yi tafiya ba tare da taimako ba fiye da rabin tsawon ƙasa" zuwa ɗakin gyare-gyare, inda "[an] tambaye shi a cikin ɗakin gyare'are-gyaren yadda ya san kafa ta karye Gabelich ya girgiza likitan kulob din ta hanyar gayyatarsa ya saurari rassan ƙasusuwa".

Gabelich ya fara fitowa bayan rauni shine na Collingwood na biyu na XVIII, yana wasa da Arewacin Melbourne a ranar 17 ga watan Agusta shekarar 1957, inda "har sai yanayin sa ya fadi, [ya] yi kyau kuma bai damu da kafafunsa ba". An zaba shi a cikin XVIII na farko don muhimmin (zagaye na 18) wasan karshe na kakar da St Kilda a ranar 24 ga watan Agustan shekarar 1957, kuma yana daya daga cikin 'yan wasan Collingwood mafi kyau a cikin tawagar da ta rasa.

A cikin kakar wasa goma sha ɗaya, wasan 160 tare da Collingwood, ya buga wasanni 17 na karshe, gami da Grand Finals 5. A shekara ta 1958, lokacin da Collingwood ya lashe Grand Final, inda ya doke Melbourne 12.10 (82) zuwa 9.10 (64) - kuma, a cikin tsari, ya hana Melbourne daidaita rikodin Collingwood na lashe firaministan hudu a jere (viz., 1927, 1928, 1920, da 1930) - Gabelich ya buga wasa mai karfi a matsayin dan wasan baya-alji; kuma, "tare da ƙarfinsa mai ban mamaki [da] iko da fakiti", Gabelich yana da kayan aiki a Collingwood yana juyawa da maki 17 a kashi uku na kwata-lokaci uku a cikin kashi uku na rabi-lokaci.

Ya kasance na biyu a shekarar 1959 Brownlow zuwa Verdun Howell na St Kilda da Bob Skilton na Kudancin Melbourne (wanda ya daura na farko), kuma ya lashe Copeland Trophy a matsayin mafi kyawun Collingwood a shekarar 1960.

## Wasannin Olympics
Ya taka leda a matsayin dan wasan motsa jiki na baya don ƙungiyar VFL da VFA da suka haɗu da VAFA a wasan nunawa na ƙwallon ƙafa na Australiya, a lokacin wasannin Olympics na Melbourne, a ranar 7 ga  watan Disambar shekarar 1956.

## Darwin
A ƙarshen kakar shekarar 1959, Gabelich, wanda ba shi da aikin yi, kuma ya tsira ne kawai a kan biyan kuɗin kwallon kafa daga Collingwood, ya nemi izini zuwa West Perth - inda, ban da biyan kuɗin kwallon ƙafa, an yi masa alkawarin "cikakken darektan hukumar mallakar da za ta tabbatar masa mafi ƙarancin kuɗin shiga na £ 4,000 a shekara" (A $ 124,016 a cikin 2020) - kuma Collingwood ya gaya masa, cewa ba za a iya yanke shawara ba har sai an zabi sabon kwamitin, 1960. Wani Gabelich mai takaici ya tashi zuwa Darwin a ranar Jumma'a, 8 ga Watan Janairun 1960, ya buga wasa tare da kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Waratah a ranar Asabar, kuma a ranar Litinin mai zuwa ya fara aiki a matsayin mai ajiya a cikin kantin kayan aiki ga rikicewar jami'an West Perth.

A ranar Asabar mai zuwa (16 ga Janairu) da safe, Gabelich ya tuntubi sakataren Collingwood (Gordon Carlyon) kuma, bayan ya sami tabbacin daga Carlyon cewa Collingwood zai goyi bayan bukatarsa ga VFL don a ba shi izinin buga wa kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Waratah a lokacin Victorian, ya amince kada ya yi wasa a wannan Asabar, da fatan cewa ba zai kara nuna bambanci bukatarsa ba. Bayan tattaunawar da ta kammala cewa "mai bin Ray Gabelich bai karya wani ka'idar A.N.F.C ba, ko kuma ya sami rashin cancanta ta atomatik ta hanyar wasa a Darwin", Collingwood ya yanke shawarar tura batun zuwa VFL don jagora, kafin ya yanke shawara ta ƙarshe.

Duk da gardamar Collingwood cewa ayyukan Gabelich ba su ba da izinin hana su ta atomatik ba, saboda (a) "Darwin ba Jiha ba ne", kuma (b) "Gabelich ya taka leda daga kakar [Victorian], VFL - yana ganin cewa shawarar Gabelich na yin wasa a Darwin "abin kunya" ne - ya yanke shawarar neman shawara daga Majalisar Kwallon Kafa ta Australiya kafin ya yanke shawara.

A watan Maris na shekara ta 1960, Bayan ya buga wasanni da yawa a Darwin, Gabelich ya yanke shawarar barin shirye-shiryensa na yin wasa tare da West Perth, kuma ya zaɓi ya sake buga wani kakar tare da Collingwood.

## Komawa zuwa Yammacin Australia
A shekara ta 1961 ya koma Yammacin Ostiraliya inda ya kwashe dukkan kakar wasa tare da West Perth, a wannan lokacin ya kuma wakilci Yammacin Australia a shekarar 1961 Brisbane Australian National Football Council Carnival, yana wasa a tsakiya-rabi a baya (kuma, a cikin tsari, ya soke gaba ɗaya zakarun tsakiya na Kudancin Melbourne Jim Taylor) a cikin ƙungiyar Yammacin Australiya wanda ba kawai (ba zato ba tsammani) ya ci tawagar wakilin Victoria 15.14 (104) zuwa 14.11 (95) a "wani mummunan yaƙi", har ma, ta hanyar wannan nasarar, ANFC.

Kyakkyawan aikinsa na Yammacin Ostiraliya ya haifar da zabinsa, a tsakiya rabin baya a cikin tawagar All-Australian ta wannan shekarar, amma kuma lambar yabo ta Simpson Medal a matsayin mafi kyawun dan wasan Yammacin Australia a Brisbane Carnival .

## Komawa zuwa Collingwood
Yanzu yana da shekaru 28, Gabelich ya koma Collingwood a 1962, kuma ya zama kyaftin din kulob din a duk kakar 1964 da kuma wani ɓangare na 1965.