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{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1947}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Barry Lawrence
| image = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|2|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = 
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| originalteam = [[Longford Football Club|Longford]] ([[Northern Tasmanian Football Association (1886–1986)|NTFA]])
| height = 183&nbsp;cm
| weight = 87&nbsp;kg
| position = 
| statsend = 1976
| years1 = 1969–1976
| club1 = [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]
| games_goals1 = 126 (80)
| careerhighlights = *[[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] captain 1974–1975
*[[Victoria (Australia)|Victorian]] state representative 1972
*Victorian state B side captain 1973
}}

'''Barry Kenneth Lawrence''' (born 13 February 1946) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er who played for [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] in the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] (VFL) and for [[Longford Football Club|Longford]] in the [[Northern Tasmanian Football Association (1886–1986)|Northern Tasmanian Football Association]] (NTFA).

Barry played as a forward for Longford in Tasmania and signed to play with Hawthorn in 1967 but he decided to stay in Tasmania for two more years.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

He was selected as a [[back pocket]] in the St Kilda [[Team of the Century]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saints.com.au/club/history/team-of-the-century|title=St Kilda Team of the Century}}</ref> and on the half back flank in the Tasmanian Team of the Century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saints.com.au/club/history/team-of-the-century|title= Shaw honoured in Tasmanian Team of Century|date=28 June 2004}}</ref>

Later he returned to the forward line.

He is the father of former St Kilda and [[Brisbane Lions|Brisbane]] player [[Steven Lawrence (footballer)|Steven Lawrence]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://216.55.97.93/stk/detail.php?id=5705 Saints Player Encyclopedia]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040128191903/http://saints.com.au/default.asp?pg=halloffameprofile&spg=display10&personid=203292 Hall of Fame biography at Saints.com.au]

{{St Kilda Football Club captains}}
{{St Kilda Football Club Team of the Century 1900–1999}}
{{Tasmanian Team Of The Century}}
{{1966 Tasmania State Football Team}}

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[[Category:1947 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Tasmania]]
[[Category:St Kilda Football Club players]]
[[Category:Longford Football Club players]]
[[Category:Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen]]