Barrie Barbary

Combining solidity of build with enormous pace and superb ball handling ability, Barrie Barbary was a most damaging player for North Adelaide.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/b.htm#Barrie%20Barbary%20(North%20Adelaide%20&%20Woodville) |title=Fullpoints Footy: Barrie Barbary (North Adelaide & Woodville) |access-date=29 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110040524/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/b.htm#Barrie%20Barbary%20(North%20Adelaide%20&%20Woodville) |archive-date=10 January 2008 |url-status=usurped }} After displaying consistent brilliance all year, he earned the 1960 Magarey Medal, and backed this up with a premiership medal as well, as North held off a stern challenge from Norwood to win by 5 points.

Jeff Pash, former footballer and then journalist with "The News" reflected on his 1960 season:

As a footballer, he must please the most severe critic; his play is based on the solid, boring rush forward, complete technical mastery of his craft, and a serene, Bunton-like concentration. Strength plus dexterity makes for the brilliant effects.Gordon Schwartz (21 June 1963). "The Advertiser"

In his debut SANFL season he impressed enough to earn interstate selection and would go on to represent South Australia 18 times. In 1963 Barbary was part of arguably South Australia's greatest ever state team[http://www.nafc.com.au/barriescorner/p1705.aspx North Adelaide Website: Follow Up To Barrie Barbary Item] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612195039/http://www.nafc.com.au/barriescorner/p1705.aspx |date=12 June 2011 }} that overcame Victoria at the MCG. The game was a fierce, uncompromising and close encounter, with the South Australians getting home in a tense and thrilling last quarter by 7 points, in front of a 59,260 fans.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/the_day_sa_football_came_of_age.htm |title=Fullpointsfooty: 1963 Interstate Match VFL vs. South Australia, "The Day South Australian Football Came of Age" |access-date=13 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726183706/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/the_day_sa_football_came_of_age.htm |archive-date=26 July 2009 |url-status=usurped }} South Australian coach Foster Williams stated "the win is the climax to my football career".

In a match featuring superstars Ron Barassi, Kevin Murray, John Nicholls, Graham 'Polly' Farmer, Darrel Baldock, Brian Dixon, Doug Wade, Sergio Silvagni, Noel Teasdale, Alistair Lord, Lindsay Head, John Halbert, Neil Kerley, Don Lindner, Bill Wedding, Robert Day, John Cahill, Ken Eustice, Geof Motley, John Halbert, Ron Benton, and Neil Hawke Barbary put in the best on ground performance, earning the O'Halloran Trophy. The Adelaide Advertiser reported on Barbary's performance:

At the MCG on Saturday his speed, tenacity and sure ball-handling were dominating factors in SA's seven point win over Victoria. As SA's best player, chosen by the Victorian selectors, Barbary won the trophy given by a leading oil company...... A steadfast refusal to admit defeat and the ability to gain possession against overwhelming odds are two of Barbary's greatest attributes. Barbary knows his capabilities, exploits his skill to the full and lifts the morale of his team mates with his courageous and dashing approach.The Pash papers : Australian Rules football in South Australia, 1950–1964

Barbary retired from the SANFL at the end of 1964. He played country football, as captain-coach of Kybybolite, in the Kowree Naracoorte Football League and won two successive Mail Medals in 1965 and 1966.[http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?c=5778 SA Memory: Mail Medal] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110328012436/http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?c=5778 |date=28 March 2011 }}

In 1967 Barbary returned to the SANFL, joining the Woodville Football Club. He played 66 senior games, his experience and well-practiced skills being valuable to a young side.[https://web.archive.org/web/20091027052124/http://geocities.com/woodvillefc/ Legends of Woodville FC: Barrie Barbary] In 1971, Barbary captain-coached Woodville's seconds side, before being appointed non-playing coach of senior team for seasons 1972 and 1973. Woodville won the Coca-Cola Cup in 1972 and a young Malcolm Blight won the Magarey Medal in the same year.

• Member of premiership side of North Adelaide 1960
• Played 18 matches for South Australia
• Magarey Medallist, 1960
• Two time North Adelaide best and fairest
• O'Halloran Trophy 1963
• Coached Woodville 1972, 1973

On 23 August 2000, Barbary was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for being a recipient of the highest individual honour in South Australian Football.{{cite web|title=Barrie Barbary|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/969957|publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|access-date=6 January 2012}}

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• {{cite news | title= The Advertiser| author=Gordon Schwartz | date=21 June 1963 |ref=BB01}}
• {{cite book | title=The Pash papers : Australian Rules football in South Australia, 1950–1964|author1=Pash, Jeff |author2=Depasquale, Paul |year=1999 | publisher=The News| isbn=0-908065-48-5 |ref=BB02}}

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