Vic Barwick
{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2011}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Vic Barwick
| image = Vic Barwick 1905.jpg
| caption = Cigarette card of Barwick in 1905
| fullname = Victor Albert Ernest Joseph Barwick
| birth_date = 17 June 1879
| birth_place = Oatlands, Tasmania
| death_date = {{death date and age|1963|12|20|1879|6|17|df=yes}}
| death_place = Brighton East, Victoria
| originalteam = Linton / Union
| height = 177 cm
| weight = 81 kg
| position = Rover
| statsend = 1913
| years1 = 1903–09, 1913
| club1 = St Kilda
| games_goals1 = 105 (66)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Victor Albert Ernest Joseph Barwick (17 June 1879 – 20 December 1963){{cite web| url=http://australianfootball.com/Players/player/Vic%20Barwick/1811 |title=Vic Barwick - Player Bio |publisher=Australian Football |access-date=21 November 2014}} was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Football
Barwick began his early football career in the Tasmanian town of Queenstown and was noticed for the quality of his play in 1900 in a match against the visiting Fitzroy team from Victoria.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232821696 |title=ITEMS OF NEWS. |newspaper=The Mount Lyell Standard And Strahan Gazette |volume=4 |issue=632 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=29 June 1900 |access-date=3 March 2018 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} Within a few years he ventured to the mainland and in 1903 joined St Kilda.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9806988 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |issue=17,747 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=30 May 1903 |access-date=3 March 2018 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}} He made his debut in the round six match versus Melbourne.{{cite web | url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1903/111519030606.html | title=AFL Tables - St Kilda v Melbourne - Sat, 6-Jun-1903 3:00 PM - Match Stats }}
A strongly built rover, he was good enough to represent the VFL against Western Australia in 1904{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201661659 |title=THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN TEAM. |newspaper=The Age |issue=15,417 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=6 August 1904 |access-date=3 March 2018 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}} and topped St Kilda's goal-kicking in 1909 with 16 goals. Barwick also was club captain for both the 1905 and 1909 seasons. Although he would return to St Kilda briefly in 1913, Barwick finished his career at Brighton in the Victorian Football Association.
He was one of the earlier Tasmanian players to have made a mark in the Victorian Football League and in 2005 he was inducted into his state's Football Hall of Fame.{{cite web | url=http://afltashalloffame.com.au/inductees/3-victor-barwick/ | title=3. Victor Barwick | AFL Tasmania Hall of Fame }}
Notes
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References
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{AFL Tables | V/Vic_Barwick }}
- {{AustralianFootball | vic+barwick/1811 }}
{{St Kilda Football Club captains}}
{{St Kilda leading goalkickers}}
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Tasmania
Category:Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
Category:St Kilda Football Club players
Category:Brighton Football Club players
Category:Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame inductees
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