Norman Barron

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Norman Barron
Personal information
Full name Norman Leslie Barron
Nickname(s) Barbour
Date of birth (1899-05-15)15 May 1899
Place of birth Parkside, South Australia
Date of death 25 September 1987(1987-09-25) (aged 88)
Place of death Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s) Parkside Baptist
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1919, 1921–1928, 1930–1931 Sturt 133 (146)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931.
Career highlights
  • Sturt premiership 1926
  • Sturt Best and Fairest 1924
  • Sturt Team of the Century (forward pocket)
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Norman Barron (15 May 1899 – 25 September 1987) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).[1]

Football

Barron missed the 1929 season when he was appointed playing coach of Victorian club Warracknabeal in the Wimmera Football League.[2]

He returned to Sturt when he was not reappointed following Warracknabeal's failure to make the finals in his only season as coach.[3]

See also

  • 1927 Melbourne Carnival

Footnotes

  1. ^ Lysikatos, John (2015). We Are Sturt - Vol.1 1901-1944 (First ed.). Mile End, South Australia: Newstyle Printing. pp. 92–93. ISBN 978-0-9943026-0-1.
  2. ^ "N. Barron Leaving For Victoria". The Advertiser (Adelaide). 6 February 1929. p. 21. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Barron Returns - Available For Sturt". News (Adelaide). 28 October 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 14 November 2015.

External links

  • Norman Barron's profile at AustralianFootball.com
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Sturt Football Club • 1926 SAFL premiers
Sturt 9.10 (64) defeated North Adelaide 7.9 (51), at Adelaide Oval, 2 October 1926, crowd: 40,000
Full-forward
  • Gordon Scrutton
  • Jack Smith
  • Charlie Whitehead
Half-forward
  • Victor Cave
  • Keith Jackson
  • Horrie Riley
Centre
  • Clarrie Scrutton
  • Vic Richardson
  • Allen Rau
Half-back
  • Maurice Hutton
  • Harold McGaffin
  • Horrie Leaker
Full-back
  • Jack Wadham
  • Frank Golding (c)
  • Arthur Weller
Ruck
  • Reg Whitehead (vc)
  • Bill Martin
  • Norman Barron
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P. T. Morton Medal • Sturt Football Club best and fairest winners
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Sturt Football Club • Team of the Century
Full-forward
Half-forward
Centre
Half-back
Full-back
Ruck
Interchange
Coach
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South Australian squad – 1925 Interstate Matches
South Australia 8.9 (57) defeated Western Australia 7.12 (54), at Subiaco Oval, 21 June 1925

South Australia 11.11 (77) defeated Victoria 11.8 (74), at Adelaide Oval, 4 July 1925

Victoria 12.16 (88) defeated South Australia 11.9 (75), at Melbourne Cricket Ground , 15 August 1925
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South Australian squad – 1927 Interstate Carnival
Western Australia 12.15 (87) defeated South Australia 9.18 (72)

Victoria 21.19 (145) defeated South Australia 14.12 (96)
South Australia 20.23 (143) defeated Tasmania 14.24 (108)

South Australia 29.20 (194) defeated New South Wales 6.11 (47)


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