Barney Lazarus

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

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| name = Barney Lazarus

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| fullname = Barney Lazarus

| birth_date = {{birth date|1879|12|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = London

| death_date = {{death date and age|1962|05|06|1879|12|18|df=y}}

| death_place = Sydney

| originalteam = Carlton Juniors

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| statsend = 1902

| years1 = 1902

| club1 = {{AFL Car}}

| games_goals1 = 7 (0)

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Barney Lazarus (18 December 1879 – 6 May 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=477}}

Lazarus made his senior VFL debut in 1902, playing seven games for Carlton. Following his retirement from football, Lazarus moved to Sydney and married there in 1912.{{cite web|last1=Browne|first1=Ashley|title=Historians discover identity of two more Jewish League footballers|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-08-05/historians-discover-identity-of-two-more-jewish-league-footballers|publisher=AFL Media|accessdate=9 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906033752/http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-08-05/historians-discover-identity-of-two-more-jewish-league-footballers|archive-date=6 September 2015|url-status=dead}} In 2015 it was discovered that Lazarus was Jewish, making him one of the few Jews to have played senior VFL/AFL football.