Barry Bryant

Last updated

Barry Bryant
Personal information
Full name Barry Bryant
Born (1940-05-04) 4 May 1940 (age 85)
Original teams Walwa, Kyabram
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Position forward
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1960–1961 Carlton 14 (5)
1962 Brunswick [1] 8 (16)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1962.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Barry Bryant (born 4 May 1940) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2]

Bryant was originally from Walwa and played in four consecutive Upper Murray Football League premierships from 1955 to 1958 and remarkably played alongside his brother, Gordon and father, Milne (aka 'Spud') in all four flags. Bryant won the 1957 Upper Murray Football League best and fairest award and was also runner up in 1958. [3]

Bryant then played with Kyabram in 1959 and won the club best and fairest award, before debuting with Carlton in round two on Anzac Day, 1960 against Fitzroy. [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ "The VFA Project: Barry Bryant". The VFA Project. 1962. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 103. ISBN   978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. ↑ "1958 - Boswell's Award". Corryong Courier. 1 August 1958. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  4. ↑ Tony De Bolfo (12 May 2019). "2019 - True Blue Barry returns to old ground". Carlton FC. Retrieved 23 December 2025.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.