Ray Chamberlain

Ray Chamberlain (born 5 September 1976), better known as Razor Ray, is a former Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League.

Chamberlain was born and grew up in the Australian Capital Territory and umpired his first Australian rules game as a teenager. He was offered an umpiring contract by the VFL in 2000 and promptly moved to Victoria, where he umpired in the VFL for four years before being offered an AFL umpiring contract. Chamberlain is noted for his sense of humour, often cracking jokes on the field. Chamberlain has been criticised by individuals such as coach of Chris Scott for a perceived lack of ability to perform a centre bounce, claims that Chamberlain has pushed back against.

Chamberlain was selected to officiate in his first grand final on 25 September 2010, the drawn Grand Final between and . Nine years later, he was selected again to officiate the 2019 AFL Grand Final.

He formerly taught physical education at Victorian Public High School, Mordialloc College, where he was also a year-level coordinator.

Inaugural inductee to University of Canberra Sport Walk of Fame in 2022.

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