Barry Lawrence

Barry Lawrence
Personal information
Birth	13 February 1947 (1947-02-13) (age 65)
Recruited from	Longford (Tas)
Height and weight	183cm / 87kg.
Playing career¹
Team(s)	St Kilda (1969–1976) 126 games, 80 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season
Career highlights
St Kilda captain 1974–1975 Victorian state representative 1972 Victorian state B side captain 1973

Barry K. Lawrence is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He played for St Kilda.

Barry played as a forward for Longford in Tasmania, he had once signed the play with Hawthorn in 1967 but he decided to stay in Tasmania for two more years before jioning St Kilda. he played most of his early career with the Saints as a defender. He was named as a back pocket in the St Kilda Team of the Century. He played a great game on Peter Hudson in the 1971 Grand Final where he famously touched the ball as Hudson was kicking to break the VFL goalkicking record.

Later he returned to the forward line, using his skills of judgement and strength to good effect.

He is the father of former St Kilda and Brisbane player Steven Lawrence.

External links

Bio at Saints.com.au

Preceded by Stuart Trott	St Kilda captain 1974–1975	Succeeded by Carl Ditterich

Captains of the St Kilda Football Club

1897–1899: Shaw • 1900: Sandford • 1901: McKay/J. Smith • 1902: Hogan • 1903: Jackson/J. Smith • 1904: J. Smith • 1905: Barwick • 1906: J. Smith • 1907–1908: Wells • 1909: Barwick • 1910: Gravenall • 1911: Dangerfield • 1912: Morrissey • 1913: Lever • 1914: Lever/McNamara • 1915: Dangerfield • 1918: Lever • 1919: Eicke • 1920: Cazaly • 1921: Ricketts/Williams • 1922: Cubbins • 1923: McNamara • 1924: Eicke • 1925: Cubbins/Carr • 1926: Cubbins • 1927: Heinz/Mason • 1928: Mason/Cubbins • 1929–1930: Cubbins • 1931: Matthews • 1932: King • 1933: Deane/Hindson • 1934: Watson • 1935: Hindson • 1936: Perkins • 1937: Mohr • 1938–1939: Clarke • 1940: Lloyd • 1941: Knight • 1942–1943: Garvin • 1944: Kelly/Vontom • 1945: Vontom • 1946–1947: Hird • 1949–1950: Green • 1948: Bray • 1949–1950: Green • 1951–1953: Drinan • 1954–1955: Foote • 1956–1957: Drinan • 1958: Gleeson • 1959–1962: Roberts • 1963–1968: Baldock • 1969: Stewart • 1970–1972: R. Smith • 1973: Trott • 1974–1975: Lawrence • 1976–1977: Ditterich • 1978: Colling • 1979: Breen • 1980: Sidebottom • 1981: Jesaulenko/Duperouzel • 1982: Duperouzel • 1983–1986: Barker • 1987–1995: Frawley • 1996–1998: Burke/Loewe • 1999–2000: Burke • 2001–2002: Harvey • 2003: Hamill • 2004: Hayes • 2005: Riewoldt • 2006: Ball • 2007: Ball/Hayes/Riewoldt • 2008–: Riewoldt

St Kilda Football Club • Team of the Century 1900–1999

Defenders Barry Lawrence \| Verdun Howell \| Kevin Neale

Trevor Barker \| Neil Roberts \| Daryl Griffiths

Midfielders Nicky Winmar \| Ian Stewart \| Lance Oswald

Forwards Stewart Loewe \| Darrel Baldock (Captain) \| Bill Mohr

Dave McNamara \| Tony Lockett \| Nathan Burke

Followers Carl Ditterich \| Robert Harvey \| Ross G. Smith

Interchange Barry Breen \| Alan Morrow \| Robert Murray \| Jim A. Ross

Coach Allan Jeans

Tasmanian Team of the Century

Defenders Verdun Howell \| Tassie Johnson \| Ivor Warne-Smith

Barry Lawrence \| Laurie Nash \| Brent Crosswell

Midfielders Rodney Eade \| Ian Stewart \| Arthur Hodgson

Forwards Darrel Baldock (Captain) \| Royce Hart \| Daryn Cresswell

Horrie Gorringe \| Peter Hudson \| Alastair Lynch

Followers Peter Jones \| John Leedham \| Terry Cashion

Interchange Rex Garwood \| Michael Roach \| Neil Conlan \| Darrin Pritchard \| Paul Williams\| Matthew Richardson \| Len Pye

Coach Roy Cazaly

Assistant Coach Robert Shaw

Umpire Scott Jeffrey

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Name	Lawrence, Barry
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Date of birth	13 February 1947
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