Dave Barry (Australian footballer)

Dave Barry
Personal information
Full name	David Barry
Date of birth	August 31, 1888(1888-08-31)
Date of death	July 22, 1913(1913-07-22) (aged 24)
Place of death	North Fremantle
Original team	Leopold
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1909-1910	South Melbourne	24 (3)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1910 season .

Dave Barry (31 August 1888 - 22 July 1913) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Barry, who came from local club Leopold, had a brief but successful career at South Melbourne.^[1] He was one of South Melbourne's half forward flankers in their 1909 premiership team. In 1910, his only other season, he appeared in a semi final and preliminary final.^[2]

After he moved to Western Australia, Barry began playing for Subiaco. He then joined the North Fremantle Football Club for the 1913 season. On the evening of 22 July that year, Barry was killed when he was run over by a train at a railway crossing.^[3] An inquiry cleared the train driver of any blame and was unable to determine what Barry was doing on the tracks.^[4]

References

1. ^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785. 
2. ^ AFL Tables: Dave Barry
3. ^ Western Argus,"Death Of A Footballer", 29 July 1913, p. 12
4. ^ Western Argus,"North Fremantle Fatality", 5 August 1913, p. 35

Persondata
Name	Barry, Dave
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	31 August 1888
Place of birth
Date of death	22 July 1913
Place of death	North Fremantle