Ron Barassi, Sr.

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Ron Barassi, Sr.

Personal information
Full name Ronald James Barassi
Date of Birth October 24, 1913
Place of Birth Melbourne, Australia
Recruited from
Height/Weight 173cm / 72kg
Position Rover
Death July 31, 1941 (aged 27),
Tobruk, Libya
Playing Career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1936-1940 Melbourne 58 (84)
¹ Club statistics to end of 1940 season
² Representative statistics to end of {{{repstatsend}}}

Ronald James Barassi (October 24, 1913 - July 31, 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the VFL. His grandfather came from Italy and Ron was the father of Hall of Famer Ron Barassi, Jr. who was signed to the club under the Father-Son rule.

Originally from Castlemaine, Barassi was a rover and made his debut for Melbourne in 1936. His final league match was Melbourne's victorious 1940 Grand Final which he started as the 19th man.

Like many other Melbourne footballers he joined the army soon after and was part of Australia's campaign in North Africa. He was killed in action at Tobruk in 1941, the first VFL footballer to lose his life in the conflict.

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Main, J. & Allen, D., "Barassi (snr), Ron", pp.214-220 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen — The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. ISBN 1-740-95010-0

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1940 Melbourne Demons Premiership Players
Captain: La Fontaine | Anderson | Baggott | Ball | Barassi, Sr | Beames | Emselle | Fanning | Gibb | Hingston | Jones | McLean | Mueller | O'Keefe | Roberts | Rodda | Smith | Truscott | Wartman
Coach: Hughes