Stuart Barclay

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Stuart Barclay
Personal information
Full name Stuart E. Barclay
Date of birth (1949-10-04) 4 October 1949 (age 75)
Original team(s) Gisborne
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1969–1973 Essendon 38 (3)
1974–1977 City-South
1978–1981 Windsor-Zillmere
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1981.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Stuart Barclay (born 4 October 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Recruited from Gisborne, Barclay was a member of the 1968 Essendon reserves premiership team. [2] A defender, Barclay was used initially as a back pocket but became a half-back. [2] He played 38 league games for Essendon, from 1969 to 1973, then accepted an offer to captain-coach Launceston club City-South, which competed in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association. [3] [2]

Barclay was runner-up in the Hec Smith Medal and led City-South to a premiership in 1974, the first of his four seasons as coach. [2] While in Tasmania, Barclay also coached the state team. [4]

From 1978 to 1981, Barclay played in Queensland for Windsor-Zillmere and also represented Queensland. [2] He retired after playing in Windsor-Zillmere's 1981 premiership, which they won with a grand final win over Kedron. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN   9781920910785.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Barclay, Stuart E." Essendon Football Club. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. (Archived)
  3. ↑ "Stuart Barclay". AFL Tables.
  4. ↑ "Talented Tasmanian rules team to play ACT". The Canberra Times . ACT. 17 May 1974. p. 20. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
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