AFL great Barry Round dies at 72 as tributes pour in for Brownlow Medal recipient
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Barry Round, AFL great who won a Brownlow medal and helped establish the Swans in Sydney, dies at 72
- Barry Round died of organ failure aged 72 as tributes arrived for AFL great
- Round began his career playing for Footscray, later heading to South Melbourne.
The great AFL Brownlow Medal winner Barry Round has died at the age of 72.
Round died following organ failure and his death caused great grief as he is remembered for his warm, humble and generous spirit.
The AFL stalwart began his professional career in the sport playing for Footscray when he was just 19 years old in 1969.
The great AFL Brownlow Medal winner Barry Round has died at the age of 72.
Round died following organ failure and his death caused great grief as he is remembered for his warm, humble and generous spirit.
He played 134 games for the team before being sacked before the start of the 1976 season and picked up by South Melbourne.
Round played 193 games for the team, winning the Brownlow Medal in 1981.
He scored a total of 328 VFL/AFL games to his credit over his illustrious career, including a season as Sydney Swans captain between 1980 and 1984.
He retired in 1985 before becoming Williamstown’s captain-manager and led the team to the VFA Premierships in 1986 and 1990.
Former teammate Alan ‘Rocky’ Stoneham played with Round for Footscray describing it as ‘generous’.
“I was honored to have ‘Roundy’ as best man at my wedding,” he said.
‘I’ve never met a more generous person, although it could be very dangerous to get into a drinking session with him.
“As a player he was highly intelligent and honed the craft of the front ruck, resulting in goals long before Tom Hawkins turned it into an art form.”
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