Ernest Milner Barber (30 May 1895 – 29 February 1972) was an
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 oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played with
South Melbourne
South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at t ...
in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
(VFL).
Barber, who played his junior football for
Williamstown Juniors FC, was a forward for South Melbourne.
He kicked 20 goals in 1918, his debut season, a total bettered by only two teammates that year.
[AFL Tables: Ernie Barber]
/ref> In just his 13th league game he played in a premiership, kicking a goal from the forward pocket
In the sport of Australian rules football, each of the eighteen players in a team is assigned to a particular named position on the field of play. These positions describe both the player's main role and by implication their location on the gro ...
in the 1918 VFL Grand Final
The 1918 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the South Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 7 September 1918. It was the 21st annual Gra ...
win over Collingwood.[
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1895 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Williamstown Football Club players
Sydney Swans players
Sydney Swans premiership players
Australian military personnel of World War I
1972 deaths
VFL/AFL premiership players
People from Horsham, Victoria
Military personnel from Victoria (state)
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