Barrie Barbary
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Barrie Barbary is a former Australian rules football
er who played 213 games for North Adelaide and Woodville
in the SANFL
between 1957 - 1970. He was the 1960 Magarey Medal
ist and had a 14 year SANFL career.
, and backed this up with a premiership medal as well, as North held off a stern challenge from Norwood to win by 5 points.
Jeff Pash
, former footballer and then journalist with "The News"
recorded reflected on his 1960 season:
at the MCG. The game was a fierce, uncompromising and close encounter, with the South Australians getting home in a tense and thrilling last quarter by 7 points, in front of a 59,260 fans. South Australian coach Foster Williams stated "the win is the climax to my football career".
In a match featuring superstars Ron Barassi
, Kevin Murray, John Nicholls, Graham ‘Polly’ Farmer
, Darrel Baldock
, Brian Dixon
, Doug Wade
, Sergio Silvagni
, Noel Teasdale
, Alistair Lord
, Lindsay Head
, John Halbert
, Neil Kerley
, Don Lindner
, Bill Wedding
, Robert Day
, John Cahill, Ken Eustice
, Geof Motley
, John Halbert
, Ron Benton
, and Neil Hawke
Barbary put in the best on ground performance, earning the O'Halloran Trophy. The Adelaide Advertiser reported on Barbary's performance:
and won two successive Mail Medals in 1965 and 1966
. He played 66 senior games, his experience and well-practiced skills being valuable to a young side. In 1971, Barbary captain-coached Woodville's seconds side, before being appointed non-playing coach of senior team for seasons 1972 and 1973. Woodville won the Coca-Cola Cup in 1972 and a young Malcolm Blight
won the Magarey Medal
in the same year.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er who played 213 games for North Adelaide and Woodville
Woodville Football Club
Woodville Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the South Australian National Football League from 1964 to 1990, when it merged with the West Torrens Football Club to form the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles....
in the SANFL
South Australian National Football League
The South Australian National Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia....
between 1957 - 1970. He was the 1960 Magarey Medal
Magarey Medal
For the biography award of the same name, see Magarey Medal for biography. For a list of winners, see List of Magarey Medallists.The Magarey Medal is an Australian rules football honour awarded annually since 1898 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the South Australian National Football...
ist and had a 14 year SANFL career.
North Adelaide Playing Career
Combining solidity of build with enormous pace and superb ball handling ability, Barrie Barbary was a most damaging player for North Adelaide. After displaying consistent brilliance all year, he earned the 1960 Magarey MedalMagarey Medal
For the biography award of the same name, see Magarey Medal for biography. For a list of winners, see List of Magarey Medallists.The Magarey Medal is an Australian rules football honour awarded annually since 1898 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the South Australian National Football...
, and backed this up with a premiership medal as well, as North held off a stern challenge from Norwood to win by 5 points.
Jeff Pash
Jeff Pash
Jeff Pash was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League . He is a half forward flanker in North Adelaide's official 'Team of the Century'....
, former footballer and then journalist with "The News"
The News (Adelaide)
The News was an afternoon daily tabloid newspaper in the city of Adelaide, South Australia.The newspaper was established in 1869 as the Evening Journal. In 1933, a controlling stake was taken by The Advertiser, controlled by the Herald and Weekly Times. HWT sold off The News in 1949, and Sir Keith...
recorded reflected on his 1960 season:
As a footballer, he must please the most severe critic; his play is based on the solid, boring rush forward, complete technical mastery of his craft, and a serene, Bunton-like concentration. Strength plus dexterity makes for the brilliant effects.
State Representative
In his debut SANFL season he impressed enough to earn interstate selection and would go on to represent South Australia 18 times. In 1963 Barbary was part of argubly South Australia's greatest ever state team that overcame VictoriaAustralian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
at the MCG. The game was a fierce, uncompromising and close encounter, with the South Australians getting home in a tense and thrilling last quarter by 7 points, in front of a 59,260 fans. South Australian coach Foster Williams stated "the win is the climax to my football career".
In a match featuring superstars Ron Barassi
Ron Barassi
Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr AM is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk during...
, Kevin Murray, John Nicholls, Graham ‘Polly’ Farmer
Graham Farmer
Graham Vivian "Polly" Farmer, MBE is a retired Australian rules football player and coach. Born in Western Australia, he joined the East Perth Football Club as a ruckman in 1953, where he won several awards and contributed to the team winning three premierships...
, Darrel Baldock
Darrel Baldock
Darrel John Baldock , commonly nicknamed "The Doc" and "Mr Magic", was an Australian rules football player and state politician who in 1966 was the first captain of a premiership-winning St Kilda Football Club. Baldock was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame as a "Legend"...
, Brian Dixon
Brian Dixon
Brian Dixon is a former Australian rules footballer and Victorian Politician.Dixon played 252 VFL games for Melbourne between 1954 and 1968, playing mostly on the wing...
, Doug Wade
Doug Wade
Douglas Graeme Wade is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club....
, Sergio Silvagni
Sergio Silvagni
Sergio 'Serge' Silvagni is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Silvagni made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 7, 1958...
, Noel Teasdale
Noel Teasdale
Noel Teasdale is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League.Originally from Daylesford, Teasdale made his debut with the North Melbourne Football Club in 1956 playing as a ruckman and for a period, a full-back.Teasdale was noted for his tough, uncompromising...
, Alistair Lord
Alistair Lord
Alistair Lord is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong during the late 1950s to the mid 1960s.Lord played as a centreman and debuted in 1959. He won the Brownlow Medal in 1962 comfortably as well as the Carji Greeves Medal, averaging 30 disposals a game for the year...
, Lindsay Head
Lindsay Head
Lindsay Hudson Head MBE is a former Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League . His consummate skills were acknowledged by being awarded three Magarey Medals during his career.- SANFL :...
, John Halbert
John Halbert
John Arno Halbert M.B.E. is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Sturt in the SANFL.Halbert was a centreman and first played for Sturt in 1955. In his debut season he finished second in the Magarey Medal count to Lindsay Head and in 1958 was again the runner up with Head winning...
, Neil Kerley
Neil Kerley
Donald Neil Kerley OAM is a former Australian rules football player and coach. Known to his mates as either Neil or Knuckles and to South Australian football fans as King Kerley or simply "Kerls", he is best known for taking three clubs to four SANFL premierships over three decades as both a...
, Don Lindner
Don Lindner
Don Lindner was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Adelaide in the SANFL during the 1950s and 1960s...
, Bill Wedding
Bill Wedding
Kingsley Arthur 'Bill' Wedding was an Australian rules footballer who played for Norwood in the South Australian National Football League...
, Robert Day
Robert Day (footballer)
Robert John Day is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the VFL.Day was a centreman and started his career with West Adelaide in the SANFL. In 1966 he was named in the All Australian team and he won three best and fairests during his time with West Adelaide...
, John Cahill, Ken Eustice
Ken Eustice
Kenneth James Eustice is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Adelaide, Central District and Glenelg in the SANFL.Eustice started his career in 1958 with West Adelaide and was a member of their premiership side in 1961. He usually played on the wing at West Adelaide and it was...
, Geof Motley
Geof Motley
Geof Motley OAM was an Australian Rules Football player and coach who played for SANFL side Port Adelaide. Motley was born near Alberton Oval, the home ground of the Port Adelaide Football Club, and grew up supporting Port Adelaide....
, John Halbert
John Halbert
John Arno Halbert M.B.E. is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Sturt in the SANFL.Halbert was a centreman and first played for Sturt in 1955. In his debut season he finished second in the Magarey Medal count to Lindsay Head and in 1958 was again the runner up with Head winning...
, Ron Benton
Ron Benton
Ronald Mark Benton is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Adelaide in the SANFL.Benton made his debut for West Adelaide in 1955 shortly before his 17th birthday. His first kick in league football saw him score the first of 172 goals for the club...
, and Neil Hawke
Neil Hawke
Neil James Napier Hawke was an Australian Test cricketer and leading Australian rules footballer.Born in Cheltenham, South Australia, Hawke quickly developed as a natural all-round sportsman who excelled in cricket, football and golf and made his senior Australian rules football debut for South...
Barbary put in the best on ground performance, earning the O'Halloran Trophy. The Adelaide Advertiser reported on Barbary's performance:
At the MCG on Saturday his speed, tenacity and sure ball-handling were dominating factors in SA's seven point win over Victoria. As SA's best player, chosen by the Victorian selectors, Barbary won the trophy given by a leading oil company...... A steadfast refusal to admit defeat and the ability to gain possession against overwhelming odds are two of Barbary's greatest attributes. Barbary knows his capabilities, exploits his skill to the full and lifts the morale of his team mates with his courageous and dashing approach.
SANFL Retirement
Barbary retired from the SANFL at the end on 1964. He played country football, as captain-coach of Kybybolite, in the Kowree-Naracoorte Football LeagueKowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League
The Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League...
and won two successive Mail Medals in 1965 and 1966
Woodville FC
In 1967 Barbary returned to the SANFL, joining the Woodville Football ClubWoodville Football Club
Woodville Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the South Australian National Football League from 1964 to 1990, when it merged with the West Torrens Football Club to form the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles....
. He played 66 senior games, his experience and well-practiced skills being valuable to a young side. In 1971, Barbary captain-coached Woodville's seconds side, before being appointed non-playing coach of senior team for seasons 1972 and 1973. Woodville won the Coca-Cola Cup in 1972 and a young Malcolm Blight
Malcolm Blight
Malcolm Jack Blight AM is a former champion Australian rules football player and coach, and current television commentator. During the 1970s and 1980s Blight played for the Woodville Football Club in the South Australian National Football League and the North Melbourne Football Club in the...
won the Magarey Medal
Magarey Medal
For the biography award of the same name, see Magarey Medal for biography. For a list of winners, see List of Magarey Medallists.The Magarey Medal is an Australian rules football honour awarded annually since 1898 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the South Australian National Football...
in the same year.
Honours cited in Hall of Fame Induction
- Member of premiership side of North Adelaide 1960
- Played 18 matches for South Australia
- Magarey Medallist, 1960
- Two time North Adelaide best and fairest
- O'Halloran Trophy 1963
- Coached Woodville 1972, 1973