{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{for|the Australian rugby league player|Barry Bryant (rugby league)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Barry Bryant | image = | fullname = Barry Bryant | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|05|04|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | originalteam = Walwa, Kyabram | height = 178 cm | weight = 72 kg | position = forward | statsend = 1962 | years1 = 1960–1961 | club1 = {{AFL Car}} | games_goals1 = 14 (5) | years2 = 1962 | club2 = Brunswick<ref>{{cite web |title=The VFA Project: Barry Bryant |url=http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Bryant,_Barry.php |website=The VFA Project |access-date=24 December 2025 |date=1962}}</ref> | games_goals2 = 8 (16) | careerhighlights = }} '''Barry Bryant''' (born 4 May 1940) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref name=encyc>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=103}}</ref>
Bryant was originally from Walwa and played in four consecutive Upper Murray Football League premierships from 1955 to 1958 and remarkably played alongside his brother, Gordon and father, Milne (aka 'Spud') in all four flags. Bryant won the 1957 Upper Murray Football League best and fairest award and was also runner up in 1958.<ref>{{cite web |title=1958 - Boswell's Award |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/140137596@N02/54956698233/in/album-72177720330321565/ |publisher=Corryong Courier |access-date=23 December 2025 |date=1 August 1958}}</ref>
Bryant then played with Kyabram in 1959 and won the club best and fairest award, before debuting with Carlton in round two on Anzac Day, 1960 against Fitzroy.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Tony De Bolfo |title=2019 - True Blue Barry returns to old ground |url=https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/245524/true-blue-barry-returns-to-old-ground |website=Carlton FC |access-date=23 December 2025 |date=12 May 2019}}</ref>
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== External links == *{{AustralianFootball}} *{{AFL Tables}} *[https://blueseum.org/Barry_Bryant Barry Bryant's profile] at Blueseum
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