AFL legend Barry Round has died on the age of 72.
Round’s VFL/AFL profession spanned 328 video games after he made his debut in the course of the opening spherical of the 1969 season with Footscray.
He performed 135 video games with Footscray earlier than becoming a member of Sydney the place he performed 193 video games. His profession completed at Williamstown the place he performed one other 110 video games.
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Round’s highest particular person profession honour got here in 1981 when he completed atop the leaderboard of the Brownlow Medal on 22 votes alongside Fitzroy’s Bernie Quinlan.
His official explanation for dying, as reported by the Herald Sun, was from organ failure.
News of his dying left the soccer group heartbroken as tributes got here flooding in.
Journalist Mark Stevens wrote: “Bloody sad. Giant of a bloke.”
Geelong celebrity Patrick Dangerfield wrote: “RIP Barry Round.”
Round was born in Warragul in 1950 and made a reputation for himself within the AFL as a dominating huge man.
He was named to Australian Football’s Hall of Fame in 2001 and was named as a member of Sydney’s Team of the Century in 2003.
He was a two-time greatest and fairest winner at Sydney and captained the facet between 1980 and 1984.
He was Williamstown’s premiership captain and coach in each 1986 and 1990 and was in 2014 inducted into the membership’s inaugural Hall of Fame, then elevated to Legend standing on the identical night time.
Williamstown CEO Ashley Baker mentioned the membership is in mourning over the lack of the enormous of the Seagull’s.
“On behalf of the Williamstown Football Club I would like to pass on our deepest condolences to the Round family,” Baker mentioned in an announcement on the membership’s web site.
“The Seagull family is mourning the loss of a club legend and a gentleman who gave so much to our great game and our wonderful club.
“A dual premiership winning player, J.J Liston Trophy winner, Norm Goss Medal recipient, three-time Gerry Callahan Medal winner and WFC Team of the Century and Hall of Fame inductee says it all.
“Barry will be missed by so many and we have lost a true champion of the game”.
