Editing Ray Hadley (section)

==Early life==
Ray Hadley was born in 1954<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://professional.fairfaxsyndication.com/Collection/Ray-Hadley--Radio-Presenter-and-Rugby-League-Commentator-(born-1954)-FXB66855|title=Ray Hadley|website=Fairfax Syndication|access-date=20 August 2018}}</ref> and raised in a "housing commission house in Dundas Valley" Sydney but later went to live with his grandparents on an [[Eungai, New South Wales|Eungai Rail]] farm near Stuart's Point on the mid north coast of [[New South Wales]].<ref name="smh.com.au">{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/brawler-of-the-airwaves-20100924-15qg2.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | first=Tim | last=Elliott | title=Brawler of the airwaves | date=25 September 2010}}</ref>

While working as a cab driver, he was offered casual work at the radio station 2UE after giving the then news director, Mark Collier, a ride in his taxi.<ref name="smh.com.au" /> By 1982, he was covering sports including rugby league and horseracing.<ref name=":0" />