George Barton | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | George Alexander Barton | ||
Date of birth | 23 August 1934 | ||
Place of birth | Tawonga, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 5 May 1977 42) [1] | (aged||
Original team(s) | Tawonga, Myrtleford | ||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1956 | Hawthorn | 9 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1956. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
George Alexander Barton (23 August 1934 - 5 May 1977) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2]
Barton was born in Tawonga and was the brother of Colin Barton, who played with Geelong Football Club and Bill Barton who played with North Melbourne Football Club. George Barton started playing senior football for Tawonga in the Yackandandah & District Football League at 14 in 1949. Barton was then recruited by Myrtleford in the Ovens & Murray Football League in 1954. [3] [4]
After two season with Myrtleford, [5] Hawthorn recruited Barton [6] and he made his senior VFL debut in round seven, 1956 against Fitzroy at Glenferrie Oval. Barton was named as Hawthorn's best player in Hawthorn's 1956 round eight clash against Carlton and Barton's second VFL match. [7]
Barton returned from Hawthorn to initially play with Myrtleford, then played with Tawonga in the Tallangatta & District Football League. Barton later played with Bogong FC in the Tallangatta & District Football League and he continued to play with the newly merged club of Tawonga - Bogong from 1964 until he retired in the mid 1970s. Barton then coached Dederang-Mt Beauty Reserves to a premiership in 1976.
The Tallangatta & District Football League senior football best and fairest award was changed to the Barton Medal in 1977, after three times senior football best and fairest winner (1962, 1963 and 1971), George Barton died of cancer. [8]