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John Barrett (Australian footballer)
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John Edward Barrett (21 December 1928 – 11 August 2023) was an Australian rules football player, who first played for the Frankston Bombers in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League during the second half of the 1940s, then for the Footscray and Fitzroy clubs in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the first half of the 1950s.
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Personal information | |||
Full name | John Edward Barrett | ||
Date of birth | (1928-12-21)21 December 1928 | ||
Place of birth | Frankston, Victoria, Australia | ||
Date of death | 11 August 2023(2023-08-11) (aged 94) | ||
Place of death | Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia | ||
Original team(s) | Frankston (MPFL) | ||
Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1950–53 | Footscray | 32 (1) | |
1954–55 | Fitzroy | 22 (1) | |
1956 | Wangaratta Rovers | ||
1957 | McKinnon | ||
1958-1961 | Hastings | ||
Total | 54 (2) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1955. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Following this, he played with Wangaratta Rovers (Ovens & Murray Football League, 1956), McKinnon Football Club (Federal Football League, 1957) and Hastings Football Club (Mornington Peninsula Football League, 1958-1961). Starting in 1982, Barrett was a member of the board of Aussie-Rules-Football-Club Sydney Swans, for three years.
In addition, he participated in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race three times between 1981 and 1983. Later in 1983 he sailed in a yacht race from Sydney to Nouméa and back.
From 1988 to 1992, he volunteered to organise the Clean Up Australia days.