Ned Barry

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Ned Barry | image = Edward Fitzgerald Barry.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Edward Fitzgerald Barry | birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|9|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = Temuka, New Zealand | death_place = Auckland, New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|12|12|1905|9|3|df=yes}} | ru_position = Loose forward | height = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|91|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | repteam1 = {{nrut|New Zealand}} | repcaps1 = 1 | reppoints1 = 0 | repyears1 = 1932, 1934 | province1 = Wellington | province2 = Wanganui | provinceyears1 = 1926–36 | provinceyears2 = 1940 | provinceapps1 = | provinceapps2 = 1 | provincepoints1 = | occupation = Police officer | relatives = Kevin Barry (son)<br>Liam Barry (grandson) | school = Pleasant Point District High School }} '''Edward Fitzgerald Barry''' (3 September 1905 – 12 December 1993) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A loose forward, Barry represented Wellington and, briefly, Wanganui at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1932 and 1934. He played 10 matches for the All Blacks including one international, against Australia in 1934.<ref name="AB profile">{{cite web|url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=40|title=Ned Barry|last=Knight|first=Lindsay|publisher=New Zealand Rugby Union|accessdate=21 August 2014}}</ref>

A police officer, Barry had postings in Pahiatua, Whitianga, Orewa, and Auckland, where he was active as a coach and administrator at club and provincial union levels.<ref name="AB profile"/>

He holds a unique place in New Zealand rugby history in that both his son, Kevin Barry, and grandson, Liam Barry, also played for the All Blacks: in doing so they became the first family to provide All Blacks from three successive generations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/regional-rugby/thames-valley|title=Thames Valley rugby|date=20 December 2012|publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage|access-date=21 August 2014}}</ref> He also had another son, Pat, who played for Counties in the 1960s, and another grandson, Mike Barry, who represented North Auckland and North Harbour.<ref name="AB profile"/>

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