George Barton (footballer)
| George Barton | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | George Barton | ||
| Date of birth | 23 August 1934 | ||
| Place of birth | Tawonga, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 5 May 1977 (aged 42)[1] | ||
| Original team(s) | Tawonga, Myrtleford | ||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1956 | Hawthorn | 9 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1956. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
George Barton (born 23 August 1934) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
Barton was born in Tawonga and started playing senior football for Tawonga in the Yackandandah & District Football League at 14. Barton was then recruited by Myrtleford in the Ovens & Murray Football League in 1955.[3]
After one season with Myrtleford, Hawthorn recruited Barton[4] and he made his senior VFL debut in round seven, 1956 against Fitzroy at Glenferrie Oval. Barton was named as Hawthorn's best player in Hawthorn's 1956 round eight clash against Carlton and Barton's second VFL match.[5]
Barton returned to play with Tawonga in the Tallangatta & District Football League up until 1963. Barton then continued to play with the newly merged club of Tawonga - Bogong from 1964 until he retired in the mid 1970's. Barton then coached Dederang-Mt Beauty Reserves to a premiership in 1976.
The Tallangatta & District Football League senior football best and fairest award was changed to the Barton Medal in 1977, after three times best and fairest winner, George Barton sadly passed away after a short battle with cancer.[6]
At the time of Barton's death, he was also a four time runner up in the Tallangatta & DFL best and fairest award between 1964 and 1970, where he originally polled the same number of votes as the winners, but finished second in the award to the player who polled the most three votes, on the countback system.
In 2016, the Tallangatta & District Football League retrospectively awarded the late George Barton, with an additional four Barton Medals, thus finishing up with an incredible seven T&DFL senior football best and fairest awards/Barton Medals.
Brother of Colin Barton, who played with Geelong Football Club and Bill Barton who played with North Melbourne Football Club.
Notes
[edit]- ^ "1977 - George Barton - Hedstone". Find a Grave. 5 May 1977. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "1955 - Saints Impress at Training". Myrtleford Times and Ovens Valley Advertiser (Vic). 6 April 1955. p. 8. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "1956 - Hawthorn just one stop ahead". The Argus. 20 March 1956. p. 18. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ "1956 - OH HAWTHORN! THIS WAS PATHETIC!". The Argus. 4 June 1956. p. 17. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ Beau Greenway (24 September 2022). "Border and North East football families share connection to AFL grand finalists Sydney and Geelong". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). Retrieved 5 September 2024.