Barry Round (born 26 January 1950) played for Footscray and South Melbourne/Sydney in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1969 and 1985. Along the way, he played 328 games (135 for Footscray and 193 for South Melbourne/Sydney), won a Brownlow Medal in 1981 (tying with his former teammate Bernie Quinlan) and was the Swans' first captain during the Sydney era. Round's height and weight was 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) and 108 kg (17 st 0 lb).
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Barry Round | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Barry James Round | ||
Date of birth | (1950-01-26) 26 January 1950 (age 72) | ||
Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Weight | 108 kg (17 st 0 lb; 238 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Ruckman/Tall forward | ||
Playing career | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1968–75 | Footscray | 135 (136) | |
1976–85 | Sydney | 193 (157) | |
1986–91 | Williamstown | 110 (103) | |
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
????–?? | Victorian Football League | 5 (4) | |
????–?? | Victorian Football Association | 3 (4) | |
Coaching career | |||
Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
1989–93 | Williamstown | ?? (??) | |
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
After retirement from VFL football, he played and coached for several years for Williamstown in the Victorian Football Association, the second highest level of football in Victoria, where he participated in their 1986 and Captain/Coached their 1990 premiership teams. He won the association best and fairest award, the J. J. Liston Trophy, in 1987 and won the 1990 Norm Goss Medal for best a field in the Grand Final.
Round Captained the Williamstown Football Club in the 1989–1991 seasons, and Coached the club from 1989 to 1993. During his short time at the club Round won 3 consecutive Gerry Callahan Medals (Williamstown best and fairest award) between 1987 and 1989. In 2009 Barry Round was named in the Williamstown Team of the Century in the Ruck Position. In May 2014, Williamstown FC held their 150-year celebration and Inducted Round as part of their Inaugural Hall Of Fame. On the same night he was elevated to Legend Status of the club, being one of only 5 players to do so.
In 2005, Round appeared on The AFL Footy Show's singing competition, "Screamers".
In 2001 Round was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame with a citation that read:
He is a member of Sydney's Team of the Century, which was announced in 2003.
Barry's son David Round won the Williamstown best and fairest award in 1999.
Playing career:
Player honours:
Captains of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans | |
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AFLW | |
*South Melbourne did not participate in the VFL in 1916 due to World War I |
Brownlow Medal winners | |
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Sydney Swans: Team of the Century | |
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Full-back | |
Half-back | |
Centre | |
Half-forward | |
Full-forward | |
Ruck | |
Interchange | |
Coach |
Bob Skilton Medal · Sydney Swans best and fairest winners | |
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J. J. Liston Trophy | |
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Norm Goss Memorial Medal | |
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No award presented in 2020 and 2021 |
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