Barry Ion

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Barry Ion
Personal information
Full name Barry Vincent Ion
Date of birth (1941-10-09) 9 October 1941 (age 80)
Original team(s) Carlton Rovers
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1961–1965 Footscray 40 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1965.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Barry Vincent Ion (born 9 October 1941) is a former Australian rules footballer and radio personality. He played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL), Yarraville in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), and Woodville in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He became a well known radio personality in Adelaide and Sydney.

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Ion started in radio early, commentating football matches for Melbourne radio in 1960, while also playing with the Carlton Rovers. [1] He joined his elder brother, Graham Ion, at Footscray in 1961 and played with him in the 1961 VFL Grand Final, as a half back flanker. [2] The grand final was just his sixth league game, having played just four home and away matches before the finals series. [3] He made 29 appearances over the next two seasons, but then struggled with injuries, playing just five more games. [3]

In 1966 he joined Yarraville in the Victorian Football Association; he wasn't able to play Saturday games as he was calling football for radio station 3KZ, [4] but he still polled sufficient votes to finish third in the J. J. Liston Trophy for the year. [5] He moved to Adelaide in 1967 and spent two seasons playing for Woodville.

While in Adelaide, Ion began working for 5AD and formed a radio breakfast duo with Tony Pilkington called "Bazz and Pilko". They were the highest-rated radio show in Australia during the 1970s and early 1980s, commanding nearly 40% of the radio market in Adelaide. Ion voiced a character called "Peter Plus". He joined 5KA in 1983, where he continued to work with Pilkington. In 1985 the duo brought their breakfast show to Sydney station 2UW where they lasted until late 1991.

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
AUS
[6]
Bazz & Pilko Classics
(as Bazz & Pilko)
  • Released: December 1979
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Festival Records (L 37512)
64
Day Trip to Victor
(as Bazz Plus Pilko)
  • Released: December 1980
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Festival Records (L 37520)
48
Plussy... Or Bust?
(as Bazz & Pilko)
  • Released: December 1982
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Bee Pee Records (PLUS-101)
67

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
YearTitlePeak chart
positions
AUS
[7]
1969"Bazza Razza" / "Have a Giggle and Go- Ho!"
(as Barry Ion, Peter Plus and The Coachmen)		90
1980"Bite Your Bum"
(as Bazz & Pilko)		37
1981"Song for Don"
(as Bazz & Pilko)		-

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References

  1. ↑ The Age,"Footscray May Still Get Barry Ion", 22 March 1961, p. 11
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN   978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. 1 2 AFL Tables: Barry Ion
  4. ↑ The Age,"Sunday games suit Yarraville", 5 April 1966, p. 14
  5. ↑ Trevor Nash (1 September 1965). "Liston for Poore, twice in a row". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne, VIC. p. 64.
  6. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 28. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  7. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 149. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
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