Brian Buckley (political advisor)
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Brian Buckley | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Brian Buckley | ||
Date of birth | 29 March 1935 | ||
Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 26 May 2013 | (aged 78)||
Original team(s) | Gisborne | ||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1956–59 | Footscray | 37 (3) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1959. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Brian Buckley (29 March 1935 – 26 May 2013) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
After football he became a teacher, journalist, a political press secretary for Phillip Lynch and then a political consultant. Married twice, including to former mayor of the City of Yarra, Jackie Fristacky, Buckley died in 2013 from cancer.[2]
Notes
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ Buckley, Amanda (9 July 2013). "From journalism to politics to football, a man of many colours". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
External links
- Brian Buckley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Brian Buckley at AustralianFootball.com
Categories:
- 1935 births
- 2013 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Western Bulldogs players
- Gisborne Football Club players
- Oakleigh Football Club players
- People educated at Parade College
- Deaths from cancer in Victoria (Australia)
- Australian political consultants
- Press secretaries
- Australian rules biography, 1930s birth stubs