# Barry Bryant

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{{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](/source/Border_Walwa_Football_Club), [Kyabram](/source/Kyabram_Football_Club)
| height = 178 cm
| weight = 72 kg
| position = forward
| statsend = 1962
| years1 = 1960–1961
| club1 = {{AFL Car}}
| games_goals1 = 14 (5)
| years2 = 1962
| club2 = [Brunswick](/source/Brunswick_Football_Club)<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 football](/source/Australian_rules_football)er who played for the [Carlton Football Club](/source/Carlton_Football_Club) in the [Victorian Football League](/source/Australian_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](/source/Border_Walwa_Football_Club) and played in four consecutive [Upper Murray Football League](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Kyabram_Football_Club) in 1959 and won the club best and fairest award, before debuting with Carlton in round two on [Anzac Day](/source/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>

== Notes ==
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== External links ==
*{{AustralianFootball}}
*{{AFL Tables}}
*[https://blueseum.org/Barry_Bryant Barry Bryant's profile] at Blueseum

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Category:1940 births
Category:Carlton Football Club players
Category:Living people
Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen

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