Early Life
Ray Mallon was raised in Thornaby-on-Tees, Yorkshire, a working-class town near Middlesbrough and Stockton-On-Tees, the only child of Joe and Pauline Mallon. His father was a coalman and an amateur boxer.
As a teenager, Mallon captained the under-20 Great Britain water polo team and went on to represent his country over 50 times. He said that one of the main reasons for joining the police force was because it gave him the opportunity to train.
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