Edward Ian Gray (21 December 1918 – 21 September 2004) was a Sri Lankan sportsman and a police officer.
On the morning of 22 March 1952 Prime Minister D. S. Senanayake was riding the police mare ‘Chitra’ on the Galle Face Green when he suffered a stroke and fell.
Gray was a member of the Ceylon contingent to the 1948 Olympic Games in London, where he competed in lightweight boxing competition[3] and was a team mate of Duncan White, who won silver in the Men's 400 metres hurdles event.
Gray went on to represent Ceylon in the lightweight boxing competition at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland.
[4] He served as the Secretary of the National Olympic Committee of Ceylon and was also an excellent Horseman and Polo player.