Barry Round

AFL great Barry Round died following organ failure with his death sparking an outpouring of grief as he is remembered for his warm, humble and generous ...

Round (second from right) was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2001 and earned the Brownlow Medal in 1981 He retired in 1985 before he became captain-coach of Williamstown and led the team to VFA Premierships in 1986 and 1990. He played 134 matches for the team before he was sacked at the start of the 1976 season and picked up by South Melbourne and played 193 games for the team. Round was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2001 and earned the Brownlow Medal in 1981. AFL great and Brownlow Medal recipient Barry Round has died at the age of 72 [AFL](/sport/afl/index.html) great and Brownlow Medal recipient Barry Round has died at the age of 72.

Round and former Swans star Jarrad McVeigh. AFL legend Barry Round has died at the age of 72. Round's VFL/AFL career spanned 328 games after ...

His career finished at Williamstown where he played another 110 games. “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. “On behalf of the Williamstown Football Club I would like to pass on our deepest condolences to the Round family,” Baker said in a statement on the 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. AFL legend Barry Round has died at the age of 72. AFL legend Barry Round passes away at the age of 72

Former Brownlow medallist Barry Round has passed away at the age of 72. Round played 328 games across his VFL/AFL career, comprised of 135 games for ...

‘On behalf of the Williamstown Football Club I would like to pass on our deepest condolences to the Round family. Barry will be missed by so many and we have lost a true champion of the game’.” There is no doubt he is a true icon of the Williamstown Football Club and we are incredibly fortunate that he called our Club home.

AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan has paid tribute to Barry Round, Brownlow medallist and Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee.

- Williamstown Life Member He will be deeply missed by all and remembered as one of the cornerstones of the Swans' success in the Harbour City," McLachlan said. "In a turbulent period as the club battled to build its new life and the competition itself grappled with the first stage of expansion four decades ago, Round held the player group together with his larger-than-life personality.

The former Swans and Bulldogs star was considered one of the great blokes in the football world.

He won two best and fairests at Sydney and captained the Swans between 1980 and 1984. “He will be deeply missed by all and remembered as one of the cornerstones of the Swans’ success in the Harbour City.” “Under his leadership, and because of his leadership, the Swans fought huge obstacles to lay down a foundation that sees them today as one of the great clubs of the AFL. “The early days of the Swans in Sydney, after their painful relocation from the Lake Oval in Melbourne, were incredibly challenging for the club as they sought to generation a new fan base and establish themselves at the SCG,” McLachlan said. Stream them all for free on He is a member of the Swans’ team of the century, named in the ruck.

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.

Most years Round himself was on hand to present the award and congratulate the recipient of the prize that bore his name. He was among those who led the club through the turbulent relocation era in the early 1980s and his support and influence were crucial to the move ultimately going ahead, in the face of much opposition.” At bounce-downs his athleticism and judgement made him consistently one of the dominant ruckmen in both the VFL and VFA. Round had a strong record in the Brownlow, finishing fourth in 1979 and sixth in 1982. He exuded confidence about every aspect of the club. He had immediate success, taking the club to a premiership in his first year. He laid the foundations and gave the game in NSW a giant boost, convincing South Melbourne players the relocation to Sydney was their only option. Round was captain of the Swans from 1980-84 and led the club to the night premiership in its first year as Sydney in 1982. In 2003, Round was selected in the South Melbourne/Sydney Team of the Century as first ruck. 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 1976 he moved to South Melbourne and between 1976-85 played 193 games with the Swans. From 1986-91 he coached and played for Williamstown in the VFA.

Our club is mourning the loss of one of the true greats of our game, Bloods Champion Barry Round.

That vote of confidence by this Swans hero to someone whom he had never met and who was about to assume such an important position in the club he had devoted so much of his life, and I guess energy and emotion was such an uplifting experience. As someone who led the club through so much adversity, he was incredibly proud of the success achieved in recent times. What I hadn’t fully appreciated however, were the extraordinary leadership skills that he possessed and that were fundamental to the club relocating and surviving. Notably, Barry was a unifying figure who identified the positive in everything and everyone. He was an inaugural inductee into the Swans Hall of Fame in 2009 and elevated to Bloods Champion in 2022. He was always so positive about the recipient of the award. Apart from a couple of periods of ill health, Barry was always on hand to present the award. In 1981 he tied with one of his oldest mates from Footscray, Bernie Quinlan, in the Brownlow Medal. He captained the club to the night premiership in its first year as Sydney in 1982. Aged 36, Barry moved to the Williamstown Seagulls in the VFA, as captain coach. He won the Club Best and Fairest (now known as the Bob Skilton Medal) in 1979/81 and was second in 1976 and third in 1977. From 1986-91 he coached and played for Williamstown in the VFA.