Barry Thornton (footballer)

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Barry Thornton
Personal information
Full name Barry James Thornton
Date of birth (1940-07-04)4 July 1940
Date of death 25 August 2023(2023-08-25) (aged 83)
Original team(s) Maribyrnong
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1959–1961 Footscray 22 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1961.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Barry James Thornton (4 July 1940 – 25 August 2023) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1][2]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 881. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ Lovett, Michael, ed. (2024). "Obituaries 2023". AFL Record Season Guide 2024: 1200. ISBN 9780645657333.

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