Barry Price
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| Personal Info | |
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| Birth | March 8, 1949, Victoria |
| Recruited from | Ararat
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| Debut | , vs. , at |
| Team(s) | Collingwood (1966-75 & 1979)
158 games, 59 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 1979 season | |
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Barry Price (born March 8, 1949) was an Australian rules footballer, who played 158 games and kicked 60 goals with the Collingwood Football Club between 1966 and 1975, and again in 1979.
Recruited from Ararat, Collingwood's Barry Price was a superb attacking centreman especially renowned for his impeccable disposal skills. Quick, decisive, and elusive, he made his VFL debut as a seventeen year old in 1966, and was soon teaming to telling effect with the Magpies' champion full forward, Peter McKenna. In the four years that Price was at his best, 1969, 1970, 1971, and 1972, McKenna kicked 505 goals, many of them from bullet stab paces from Price. McKenna claimed that Price's kicks were so hard, even from as far as 60 metres away, that after marking them, he would have red marks on his chest for days.
Though only 177 cm tall, Price was courageous and just as productive with his hands as his feet. His evasive skills were excellent and he thrived on Bob Rose's intense training regimes, always presenting super fit. A Copeland Trophy winner in 1969, Price represented the VFL the following year, and was widely acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent centremen in the game. In 1976 he crossed to Claremont where he provided fine service in 49 games over the next three seasons. Returning to Collingwood in 1979, Price added only 1 senior game, bringing his final total with the Magpies to 158 before retiring.
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| Preceded by Len Thompson |
Copeland Trophy winner 1969 |
Succeeded by Peter McKenna |
