Murray Barnes (16 January 1954 – 31 December 2011) was an Australian

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player. Barnes played for the Australian team for six years, captaining the team nine times.

Playing career

Club career

Barnes played for a number of junior soccer clubs including Northern Tigers and Kissing Point in New South Wales. He also spent a year with the youth team of English club Leeds United. During his senior club career Barnes played for

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(later known as Sydney City Soccer Club) in the New South Wales State League and in the

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International career

He played 32 full international games for the national side scoring six goals. He was

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of the Socceroos for nine matches between 1978 and 1981 including

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against

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and

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Death

Murray died on 31 December 2011, at the age of 57.

Honours

Barnes received the Football Hall of Fame (Australia),

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. When Football Federation Australia created the ''Socceroo Club'' made up of former national team members in 2008, Barnes was announced as a founding member.

References

External links

OzFootball profile
1954 births Australia men's international soccer players National Soccer League (Australia) players Hakoah Sydney City East FC players 2011 deaths Leeds United F.C. players Men's association football midfielders Soccer players from Sydney Australian men's soccer players {{Australia-footy-midfielder-stub