Barry Lawrence

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Barry Lawrence
Personal information
Date of birth (1946-02-13) 13 February 1946 (age 76)
Original team(s) Longford (NTFA)
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1969–1976 St Kilda 126 (80)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1976.
Career highlights
  • St Kilda captain 1974–1975
  • Victorian state representative 1972
  • Victorian state B side captain 1973
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Barry K. Lawrence (born 13 February 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and for Longford in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA).

Barry played as a forward for Longford in Tasmania and signed to play with Hawthorn in 1967 but he decided to stay in Tasmania for two more years.[ citation needed ]

He was selected as a back pocket in the St Kilda Team of the Century [1] and on the half back flank in the Tasmanian Team of the Century. [2]

Later he returned to the forward line.

He is the father of former St Kilda and Brisbane player Steven Lawrence.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "St Kilda Team of the Century".
  2. "Shaw honoured in Tasmanian Team of Century". 28 June 2004.