Michael Joseph Barry (21 October 1943 – 6 November 2020) was an Australian

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player who claimed one international rugby cap for

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, having also played for Brothers' Rugby Club and the Queensland Reds. After his rugby career ended, a qualified doctor, Barry also worked as an Ear Nose and Throat surgeon in South-East Queensland for several decades. He was also a long-time member of and honorary doctor for the Gold Coast Turf Club, where he was a well-loved local punter. On 6 November 2020 he drowned after suffering a medical episode while in the sea at Currumbin on Australia's Gold Coast.

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