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{{short description|Australian rules footballer (1950–2022)}}
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{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Barry Round
| image = 
| fullname = Barry James Round
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1950|1|26}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|12|24|1950|1|26}}
| birth_place = 
| height = {{convert|193|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|108|kg|stlb lb|0|abbr=on}}
| position = Ruckman/Tall Forward 
| years1 = 1968–75
| club1 = {{AFL Foo}}
| games_goals1 = 135 (136)
| years2 = 1976–85
| club2 = [[Sydney Swans|South Melbourne/Sydney]]
| games_goals2 = 193 (157)
| years3 = 1986–91
| club3 = [[Williamstown Football Club|Williamstown]]
| games_goals3 = 110 (103)
| games_goalstotal = 438 (396)
| sooyears1 = ????–??
| sooteam1 = [[Victorian Football League (1897–1989)|Victorian Football League]]
| soogames_goals1 = 5 (4)
| sooyears2 = ????–??
| sooteam2 = [[Victorian Football Association]]
| soogames_goals2 = 3 (4)
| coachyears1 = 1989–93
| coachclub1 = [[Williamstown Football Club|Williamstown]]
| coachgames_wins1 = ?? (??)
| careerhighlights = *[[Australian Football League|VFL]] debut for {{AFL Foo}} vs {{AFL Fit}} in [[1969 VFL season|1969]] at [[Princes Park (stadium)|Princes Park]]
*[[Brownlow Medal]]list [[1981 VFL season|1981]]
*[[Williamstown Football Club|Williamstown]] premiership Captain-Coach in 1986 and 1990
*[[Williamstown Football Club|Williamstown]] Inaugural Hall Of Fame Inductee 2014
*Elevated to Legend Status [[Williamstown Football Club|Williamstown]] Hall Of Fame 2014
*[[Victorian Football Association|VFA]] [[J. J. Liston Trophy]] winner in 1987
*[[Victorian Football Association|VFA]] Norm Goss Medalist 1990 Grand Final
*[[Australian Football Hall of Fame]] inductee
}}

'''Barry James Round''' (26 January 1950 – 24 December 2022) was an Australian rules footballer. He played for {{AFL Foo}} and [[Sydney Swans|South Melbourne/Sydney]] in the [[Victorian Football League (1897–1989)|Victorian Football League]] (VFL) between 1969 and 1985. He played 328 games (135 for Footscray and 193 for South Melbourne/Sydney), won a [[Brownlow Medal]] in 1981 (tying with his former teammate [[Bernie Quinlan]]) and was the Swans' first captain during the Sydney era. Round's height and weight was {{convert|193|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} and {{convert|108|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}.

After retirement from VFL football, Round played and coached for several years for [[Williamstown Football Club|Williamstown]] in the [[Victorian Football Association]], the second-highest level of football in Victoria, where he participated in their 1986 and [[Player-coach|captain-coached]] their 1990 premiership teams. He won the association [[best and fairest]] award, the [[J. J. Liston Trophy]], in 1987 and won the 1990 [[Norm Goss Memorial Medal]] for best on field in the Grand Final.

Round captained the [[Williamstown Football Club]] in the 1989–1991 seasons, and he coached the club from 1989 to 1993. During his short time at the club, Round won 3 consecutive Gerry Callahan Medals (Williamstown best and fairest award) between 1987 and 1989. In 2009, Barry Round was named in the Williamstown [[Williamstown Football Club#Team Of The Century|Team of the Century]] in the Ruck Position. In May 2014, Williamstown FC held their 150-year celebration and inducted Round as part of their inaugural Hall Of Fame team. On the same night, he was elevated to Legend status at the club, being one of only five players to receive the honour.

In 2001, Round was inducted into the [[Australian Football Hall of Fame]] with a citation that read: "Lion-hearted big man who represented Footscray and Sydney with distinction". He was also a member of Sydney's [[Sydney Swans#Team of the century|Team of the Century]], which was announced in 2003.

In 2005, Round appeared on ''[[The AFL Footy Show]]'s'' singing competition, "Screamers".

Barry Round died from organ failure on 24 December 2022, at age 72.<ref name="death">{{cite news |title=AFL legend Barry Round passes away at the age of 72 |url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/afl-legend-barry-round-passes-away-at-the-age-of-72/news-story/4a0714617e137fc84178b7cdf7f4e7ab |access-date=24 December 2022 |work=news.com.au |date=24 December 2022}}</ref> His son is [[David Round]], who won the Williamstown best and fairest award in 1999.

== Career highlights ==
===Playing career===
* 1969–1985 (games: 328, goals: 293)
* Footscray 1969–1975 (games: 135, goals: 136)
* South Melbourne/Sydney 1976–1985 (games: 193, goals: 157)

===Player honours===
* Brownlow Medal 1981
* Liston Trophy 1987
* South Melbourne/Sydney best and fairest 1979, 1981
* South Melbourne/Sydney captain 1980–1984
* South Melbourne/Sydney Team of the Century
* VFL representative (5 games, 4 goals)
* VFA representative (3 games, 4 goals)

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928042351/http://prod.www.afl.cfour.com.au/Season2007/Awards/HallofFame/Players/tabid/856/Default.aspx AFL: Hall of Fame]
*{{AustralianFootball|ref=barry+round/10212}}

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{{Sydney Swans Team of The Century}}
{{Bob Skilton Medal}}
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[[Category:Brownlow Medal winners]]
[[Category:Bob Skilton Medal winners]]
[[Category:Sydney Swans players]]
[[Category:Western Bulldogs players]]
[[Category:Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:Williamstown Football Club players]]
[[Category:Williamstown Football Club coaches]]
[[Category:Warragul Football Club players]]
[[Category:J. J. Liston Trophy winners]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen]]


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