Leo Barry

Leo Barry (born 19 May 1977) is a retired Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL) with the Sydney Swans.

Originally from Deniliquin, New South Wales, Barry attended Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, before being drafted as a zone selection in the 1994 National Draft and making his debut in the final round of the 1995 season against Collingwood. For the next few seasons, he played in the forward line without consistency, struggling to find a place in an already strong forward line. He did, however, display an ability to take spectacular jumping marks, earning him the nickname "Leaping Leo".

In 2001, Swans coach Rodney Eade moved Barry to the backline, where he prospered. Despite being short for a full-back at 184 centimetres, he successfully played on much taller opponents, making use of his leaping skills and using his body well. Regularly playing on opponents 10–15 cm taller than he is, Barry rarely had multiple goals kicked upon him. Barry's unique defensive ability was observed in 2004 when he kept 196-centimetre St Kilda full-forward Fraser Gehrig to two handballs for the whole game (for this effort, he received three Brownlow Medal votes).[1]

Despite being only 184 centimetres tall, Barry was surprisingly strong, which was a useful attribute for him when facing taller opponents such as Fraser Gehrig, Brendan Fevola, David Neitz, Anthony Rocca, Chris Tarrant, Quentin Lynch, Matthew Lloyd, Jonathan Brown, Daniel Bradshaw and Matthew Richardson.

Barry has twice been included in the All-Australian team, in 2004 and 2005.[2]

On 18 August 2009, Barry announced he would retire from football at the end of the 2009 season.[3]

Barry is now a portfolio manager at Fairview Equity Partners.

"That Mark"

"Cox throws it onto the left; one last roll of the dice for the Eagles! Leo Barry, you star!...(siren in background)...The longest premiership drought in football history is over! For the first time in 72 years, the Swans are champions of the AFL!"

Network Ten commentator Stephen Quartermain's commentary of Leo Barry's mark in the 2005 AFL Grand Final.

يُعرف باري بأنه اللاعب الذي حسم لقب دوري كرة القدم الأسترالية (AFL) لعام 2005 لصالح فريق سيدني سوانز. وقد ساهم بشكل كبير في نجاح الفريق، والذي تُوّج بإحدى لقطات باري الرائعة خلال المباراة النهائية الكبرى لدوري كرة القدم الأسترالية لعام 2005 بين سيدني وويست كوست . فبعد أن أرسل دين كوكس ركلةً إلى خط الهجوم ، استقبل باري الكرة وسط مجموعة من اللاعبين في الثواني الأخيرة من المباراة ليضمن لفريق سوانز اللقب الذي طال انتظاره.

استُخدمت هذه الصورة لاحقًا من قِبل شركة تابكورب لأغراض ترويجية، فرفع باري دعوى قضائية ضدهم لاستخدامها دون إذنه، مدعيًا أن قيمة الصورة "تبلغ 50,000 دولار أسترالي ". [ 4 ] وتم التوصل إلى تسوية سرية خارج المحكمة. [ 5 ] ومنذ انتهاء القضية، احتفظ باري بحقوق الصورة. [ 5 ]

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موسمفريقلا.ألعابالإجماليالمعدلات (لكل مباراة)
جيبكحدمتيجيبكحدمتي
1995سيدني21110628401.00.06.02.08.04.00.0
1996سيدني21520131023580.40.02.62.04.61.01.6
1997سيدني2110129673910630131.20.96.73.910.63.01.3
1998سيدني211696826214438160.60.45.13.99.02.41.0
1999سيدني21171081279622388160.60.57.55.613.15.20.9
2000سيدني21171551127618863180.90.36.64.511.13.71.1
2001سيدني2119111439223584350.10.17.54.812.44.41.8
2002سيدني211300897516443280.00.06.85.812.63.32.2
2003سيدني212402182151333133560.00.17.66.313.95.52.3
2004سيدني212300139148287107340.00.06.06.412.54.71.5
2005سيدني212600213128341152370.00.08.24.913.15.81.4
2006سيدني212501224147371173390.00.09.05.914.86.91.6
2007سيدني211840145131276116360.20.08.17.315.36.42.0
2008سيدني212020149154303125350.10.07.57.715.26.31.8
2009سيدني213002023431430.00.06.77.714.34.71.0
حياة مهنية237563217111334304511753740.20.17.25.612.85.01.6

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