When Barassi was five years old, his father, Melbourne Football Club player Ron Barassi Sr., died in action at Tobruk during World War II. Barassi was...
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Victorian Football League (VFL). He was the father of Hall of Famer Ron Barassi Jr. At the height of his football career, he enlisted in the army during...
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football code. The term was first used by historian Ian Turner in his 1978 Ron Barassi Memorial Lecture. Crowd figures, media coverage, and participation rates...
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Ron Barassi returned to Melbourne as coach and immediately appointed Robert Flower as captain. When he left the Demons in 1965 it was felt Barassi would...
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List of VFL/AFL premiership captains and coaches (redirect from Ron Barassi Medal)
co-captains of the premiership winning team currently receive the Ron Barassi Medal, named in Barassi's honour. The medal was first awarded in 2024 and has not...
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Players' Association Ron Barassi Medal - to the winning captain in the Grand Final. Introduced in 2024 in honour of the late Ron Barassi, who died in September...
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first in which the Ron Barassi Medal was awarded. The award, named in honour of ten-time premiership player and coach Ron Barassi, Jr who had died in...
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Carlton Football Club (section Ron Barassi to 1973)
the 1964 season. Harris then signed Melbourne legend Ron Barassi serve as coach from 1965. Barassi was a six-time premiership player and two-time premiership...
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Legend of Australian Sport in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, alongside Ron Barassi and Leigh Matthews. In 1995, Whitten went public with the announcement...
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young Ron Barassi to follow in the footsteps of his father, Ron Barassi Sr., who had been killed in action at Tobruk during World War II. Barassi was officially...
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(died 2020) 1935 – Uri Shulevitz, American author and illustrator 1936 – Ron Barassi, Australian footballer and coach (died 2023) 1936 – Sonia Johnson, American...
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Keith Greig (section Relationship with Ron Barassi)
of 1979, partly as a result of the relationship break down with coach Ron Barassi. In Round 6 of the 1977 VFL season against Richmond, Greig injured his...
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Hans-Peter Tschudi, 2-time President of Switzerland (d. 2002) October 24 Ron Barassi Sr., Australian rules footballer (d. 1941) Tito Gobbi, Italian operatic...
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luring a VFL club to Sydney. The idea began to gain traction and in 1977, Ron Barassi proposed the VFL setting up a club in Sydney, which he offered to coach...
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victories at home against Victoria in 1990. The term "Barassi Line", named after VFL star Ron Barassi, was coined by scholar Ian Turner in 1978 to describe...
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of the winning team receive the Ron Barassi Medal, named in honour of ten-time premiership player and coach Ron Barassi Jr. The medal was first awarded...
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(Adelaide, North Melbourne) All records correct as of 16 April 2024. Ron Barassi Leigh Matthews Dick Reynolds Don Bradman Dennis Lillee The Tattersall's...
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and coach Ron Barassi's half-time instructions to "handball, handball, handball!" became part of the game's folklore. The game, and Barassi's half time...
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had a profound influence on the game, most notably through his protégé Ron Barassi. Smith played in four premierships with Melbourne and then coached the...
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coverage, broadcast at 6 pm. In his rendition, Brady honoured AFL Legend Ron Barassi, who had died earlier that month. Lemon, Geoff (17 September 2023). "AFL...
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Barassi is an Italian word. It may refer to: Barassi (name) Barassi (play), a play by Tee O'Neill about Ron Barassi Barassi Line, imaginary line in Australia...
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mighty Collingwood. At the half-time break, legendary Carlton coach Ron Barassi blasted his players with a frightening tirade of verbal abuse, pushing...
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history. It was also the abrupt end to this period of success: captain Ron Barassi, who had played in all six premierships, signed with Carlton as captain-coach...
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and Geelong for 2nd place. In a 2-way tie with Fitzroy for 4th place. Ron Barassi was the coach for one match. Frank Hughes was the coach for one match...
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also named: Frank Costa. Choosing the team from the shortlist were: Ron Barassi (chairman) Kevin Bartlett Frank Costa Brendon Gale Kevin Sheedy Bob Skilton...
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"Cricket, Et Cetera". He has written biographies on Phillip Hughes and Ron Barassi, Australian murderer Katherine Knight, the history of the Sydney Harbour...
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Royce Hart, Carlton's Alex Jesaulenko and Melbourne and Carlton legend Ron Barassi as captain-coach – to play against Mayo and All-Ireland champions Meath...
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Legend of Australian Sport in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, alongside Ron Barassi, Ted Whitten and Bob Skilton. Before coaching the Brisbane Lions, Leigh...
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Full-forward Jack Mueller Norm Smith Percy Beames Ruck Denis Cordner Ron Barassi (c) Stuart Spencer Interchange Frank Adams Albert Chadwick Wally Lock...
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Brendan Edwards and featured Sean Kramer and Australian Rules player Ron Barassi. It was filmed in Melbourne. The 1976 season featured two complete competitions...
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