Ron Barassi Sr.
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Ronald James Barassi (24 October 1913 – 30 July 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was the father of Hall of Famer Ron Barassi Jr.[1]
At the height of his football career, he enlisted in the army during the Second World War and was killed during the Siege of Tobruk.
Biography
Barassi's grandfather was Swiss of Italian speaking background[2] who migrated to the Colony of Victoria in the 1850/60s. The family groupScript error: No such module "Unsubst". settled in areas such asTemplate:Explain Guildford, Castlemaine, and Daylesford.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".[3]
He initially played for the Castlemaine Football Club, becoming a rover and made his debut for the Melbourne Football Club in 1936. His final VFL match was the Melbourne Football Club's victorious 1940 grand final in which he started as the 19th man.[4]
He joined the army soon after the 1940 VFL season, like many other footballers from the Melbourne Football Club.[5] Serving in the military campaign in North Africa, he was killed in action at Tobruk in 1941, the first VFL footballer to die in the conflict.[4] He was buried at the Tobruk War Cemetery in Libya, alongside other Commonwealth servicemen.[6]
See also
Footnotes
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References
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. Template:ISBN
External links
- Template:PAGENAMEBASE's playing statistics from AFL TablesTemplate:EditAtWikidata
- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Ronald James Barassi (VX45220)
- DemonWiki profile
- Brief profile
- 1932 - Castlemaine FC & Maryborough FC team photos. Barassi second from right, front row
- 1933 - Castlemaine FC & Kyneton FC team photos
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- 1913 births
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- Sportspeople from Castlemaine, Victoria
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- Australian people of Italian descent
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- Melbourne Football Club players
- Castlemaine Football Club players
- Australian Army personnel of World War II
- Australian military personnel killed in World War II
- Melbourne Football Club premiership players
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- Military personnel from Victoria (state)
- Australian people of Swiss-Italian descent
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen