Barry Rowlings is a former Australian rules football

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...

 player who played in the VFL between 1975 and 1978 for the Hawthorn Football Club

Hawthorn Football Club

The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...

 and between 1979 and 1986 for the Richmond Football Club

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

. In 1979, Rowlings won the Jack Dyer Medal

Jack Dyer Medal

The Jack Dyer Medal is an Australian rules football award given each season to the player or players adjudged Best and Fairest for the Richmond Football Club....

, which is awarded to Richmond's best and fairest player for the season. He is currently a General Manager of Football Operations at Caulfield Grammar School

Caulfield Grammar School

Caulfield Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, Anglican, day and boarding school, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1881 as a boys' school, Caulfield began admitting girls exactly one hundred years later...

 and holds a development coaching role for all year levels.

He is best known for playing in two premierships in the VFL, and since retiring he has had a role in the football development of many current AFL players, such as Brent Hartigan

Brent Hartigan

Brent Hartigan is an Australian rules football player, formerly of the Richmond Football Club in the AFL.He is the son of Darryl Hartigan who played for Coburg in the VFA and was a member of their 1979 premiership team...

, Jason Winderlich

Jason Winderlich

Jason Winderlich is an Australian rules footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Essendon in the Australian Football League ....

, Chris Judd

Chris Judd

Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....

, Tristan Cartledge

Tristan Cartledge

Tristan Cartledge is an Australian Rules Football player, who plays for the Richmond Football Club. He began his career at Essendon in 2002 after being drafted in the 2002 National Draft at selection 28....

, Matthew Richardson, and Tom Roach.

Further reading

• Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996