The Swans and Bulldogs legend has passed away aged 72, having played 438 senior games and been inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame in 2001
Round was inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame in 2001
Aged 36, Barry moved to the Williamstown Seagulls in the VFA, as captain coach. He had immediate success, taking the club to a premiership in his first year. He repeated this achievement in 1990. Between 1987-89 he won three consecutive Callahan Medals as Williamstown’s Best and Fairest. At 37, he also won the Liston Medal to go with his Brownlow. Aged 40 he won the Norm Goss Medal as best on ground in the 1990 VFA Grand Final and was selected as first ruck in the club’s Team of the Century.
In 1994, to honour Round and the pioneers who brought the club to Sydney in 1982, the Swans’ created in perpetuity the Barry Round Best Clubman Award. Most years Round himself was on hand to present the award and congratulate the recipient of the prize that bore his name.
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