# Barry Beath

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{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name           = Barry Beath
|fullname       = Barry Francis Beath
|image          = 
|caption        = 
|position       = {{rlp|SR|PR}}
|birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1944|01|01|df=y}}
|birth_place    = [Eugowra](/source/Eugowra), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), [Australia](/source/Australia)
|height         = 180 cm
|weight         = 95 kg
|club1          = [St. George](/source/St._George_Dragons) 
|year1start     = 1966 
|year1end       = 77
|appearances1   = 198
|tries1         = 61
|goals1         = 0
|fieldgoals1    = 0
|points1        = 183
|teamA          = [NSW Country](/source/Country_New_South_Wales_rugby_league_team)
|yearAstart     = 1965
|yearAend       = 
|appearancesA   = 1
|triesA         = 0
|goalsA         = 0
|fieldgoalsA    = 0 
|pointsA        = 0
|teamB          = [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales_rugby_league_team)
|yearBstart     = 1965
|yearBend       = 71
|appearancesB   = 3
|triesB         = 1
|goalsB         = 0
|fieldgoalsB    = 0
|pointsB        = 3
|teamC          = [Australia](/source/Australian_rugby_league_team)
|yearCstart     = 1965
|yearCend       = 71
|appearancesC   = 1
|triesC         = 0
|goalsC         = 0
|fieldgoalsC    = 0
|pointsC        = 0
|source         =<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120822231422/http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_Barry-Beath_872.aspx Yesterday's Hero</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/barry-beath/summary.html|title = Barry Beath – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project}}</ref>
}}
'''Barry Beath''' (born in [Eugowra, New South Wales](/source/Eugowra%2C_New_South_Wales)) is an Australian former professional [rugby league](/source/rugby_league) footballer, a [second-row forward](/source/Rugby_league_positions) for the [St. George Dragons](/source/St._George_Dragons) in the [New South Wales Rugby League premiership](/source/New_South_Wales_Rugby_League_premiership) competition. He represented for [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales_Rugby_League_team) and in the [Australia national rugby league team](/source/Australia_national_rugby_league_team).

==Career==

Beath was first selected in 1965 for New South Wales and Australia from Country Representative honours while playing for Eugowra. In 1966 he joined [St. George](/source/St._George_Dragons) in the [final year](/source/New_South_Wales_Rugby_League_season_1966) of their 11-year premiership run. Beath had his own 12-year run with the Dragons from [1966](/source/New_South_Wales_Rugby_League_season_1966) to 1977, with the distinction of being with a premiership winning club in his first and last years in the NSWRL. His only grand final win was actually his last ever match when came on as reserve in the [1977 Grand Final win](/source/New_South_Wales_Rugby_Football_League_season_1977).

Beath played 198 first grade games and scored 61 tries for the [St. George Dragons](/source/St._George_Dragons) during his long career.<ref>Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 ({{ISBN|1875169571}})</ref>

He was awarded Life Membership of St. George in 1976.<ref>Dragons-Our Proud History</ref>

Barry's name remains popular in Australian [rhyming slang](/source/rhyming_slang). Ie look at your Barry Beath meaning teeth.

==Representative career==
Beath represented [New South Wales in 1965, 1967 and 1971](/source/New_South_Wales_rugby_league_team). He represented Australia again in 1971 against New Zealand, having played in the [Dragons Grand Final](/source/New_South_Wales_Rugby_League_season_1971) loss that year to [South Sydney](/source/South_Sydney_Rabbitohs) where he scored a try. He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 393.<ref>ARL Annual Report 2005</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{St. George Dragons squad 1977 NSWRFL premiership}}

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Category:1944 births
Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:St. George Dragons players
Category:Australia national rugby league team players
Category:New South Wales rugby league team players
Category:Living people
Category:Rugby league second-rows
Category:Rugby league props
Category:People from the Central West (New South Wales)
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen

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