Barry Round, AFL great who won a Brownlow Medal and helped establish the Swans in Sydney, dies aged 72
- Barry Round died from organ failure at 72 as tributes poured in for AFL great
- Round began career playing for Footscray then turned to South Melbourne
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AFL great and Brownlow Medal recipient Barry Round has died at the age of 72.
Round died following organ failure with his death sparking an outpouring of 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.
AFL great and Brownlow Medal recipient Barry Round has died at the age of 72
Round died following organ failure with his death sparking an outpouring of grief as he is remembered for his warm, humble, and generous spirit
He played 134 matches for the team before he was sacked before the start of the 1976 season and picked up by South Melbourne.
Round played 193 games for the team and earned the Brownlow medal in 1981.
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He notched a total of 328 VFL/AFL games under his belt with his illustrious career including a stint as captain of the Sydney Swans between 1980 and 1984.
He retired in 1985 before he became captain-coach of Williamstown and led the team to the VFA Premierships in 1986 and 1990.
Former teammate Alan ‘Rocky’ Stoneham played with Round for Footscray and described him as ‘generous’.
‘I was honoured to have ‘Roundy’ as best man at my wedding,’ he said.
‘I’ve never met a more generous person, although he could be very dangerous to get in a drinking session with.
‘As a player he was just so smart and perfected the craft of forward ruck work resulting in goals long before Tom Hawkins made an art-form of it.’
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