George Barton (footballer)

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer

George Barton

Personal information
Full name|  George Alexander Barton
Date of birth|  (1934-08-23)23 August 1934
Place of birth|  Tawonga, Victoria
Date of death|  5 May 1977(1977-05-05) (aged 42)[1]
Original team(s)|  Tawonga, Myrtleford
Height|  178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight|  83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years|  Club|  Games (Goals)
1956|  Hawthorn|  9 (0)

1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1956.

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

George Alexander Barton (23 August 1934 - 5 May 1977) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Barton was born in Tawonga and was the brother of Colin Barton, who played with Geelong Football Club and Bill Barton who played with North Melbourne Football Club. George Barton started playing senior football for Tawonga in the Yackandandah & District Football League at 14 in 1949. Barton was then recruited by Myrtleford in the Ovens & Murray Football League in 1954.[3][4]

After two season with Myrtleford,[5] Hawthorn recruited Barton[6] and he made his senior VFL debut in round seven, 1956 against Fitzroy at Glenferrie Oval. Barton was named as Hawthorn's best player in Hawthorn's 1956 round eight clash against Carlton and Barton's second VFL match.[7]

Barton returned from Hawthorn to initially play with Myrtleford, then played with Tawonga in the Tallangatta & District Football League. Barton later played with Bogong FC in the Tallangatta & District Football League and he continued to play with the newly merged club of Tawonga - Bogong from 1964 until he retired in the mid 1970s. Barton then coached Dederang-Mt Beauty Reserves to a premiership in 1976.

The Tallangatta & District Football League senior football best and fairest award was changed to the Barton Medal in 1977, after three times senior football best and fairest winner (1962, 1963 and 1971), George Barton died of cancer.[8]

## Notes

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1. ^ "1977 - George Barton - Hedstone". Find a Grave. 5 May 1977. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 50\. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
3. ^ "1954 - Football Awards". Myrtleford Times and Ovens Valley Advertiser (Vic). 8 September 1954. p. 5. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
4. ^ "1955 - Saints Impress at Training". Myrtleford Times and Ovens Valley Advertiser (Vic). 6 April 1955. p. 8. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
5. ^ "1955 - Alby Rodda Best & Fairest Will Receive Two Trophies". Myrtleford Times and Ovens Valley Advertiser (Vic. p. 11. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
6. ^ "1956 - Hawthorn just one stop ahead". The Argus. 20 March 1956. p. 18. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
7. ^ "1956 - OH HAWTHORN! THIS WAS PATHETIC!". The Argus. 4 June 1956. p. 17. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
8. ^ Beau Greenway (24 September 2022). "Border and North East football families share connection to AFL grand finalists Sydney and Geelong". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). Retrieved 5 September 2024.

## External links

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* George Barton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
* George Barton at AustralianFootball.com
* 1950 - Yackandandah & DFA Runners Up: Tawonga FC team photo
* 1953 - Yackandandah & DFA Premiers & Runners Up: Bogong FC & Tawonga FC team photos
* 1965 - Tallangatta & DFL Runners Up: Bogong Tawonga FC team photo