Stuart Barclay (born 4 October 1949) is a former
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er who played with
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club, in the Australian Football League
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
United Kin ...
in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...
(VFL).
Recruited from
Gisborne, Barclay was a member of the 1968 Essendon reserves premiership team.
[ (Archived)] A defender, Barclay was used initially as a
back pocket
Vulfpeck is an American funk/soul music, soul band formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2011. Founded by multi-instrumentalists Jack Stratton, Theo Katzman, Woody Goss, and bassist Joe Dart, the band has released four extended plays, six studio a ...
but became a half-back.
[ He played 38 league games for Essendon, from 1969 to 1973, then accepted an offer to captain-coach Launceston club City-South, which competed in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association.][
Barclay was runner-up in the Hec Smith Medal and led City-South to a premiership in 1974, the first of his four seasons as coach.][ While in Tasmania, Barclay also coached the state team.][ He retired after playing in Windsor-Zillmere's 1981 premiership, which they won with a grand final win over Kedron.][
]
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barclay, Stuart
1949 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Essendon Football Club players
Gisborne Football Club players
City-South Football Club players
City-South Football Club coaches
Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club players
Living people