Barry John Rowlings (born 21 August 1950) is a former
Australian rules footballer who played for the
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of Hawt ...
and the
Richmond Football Club 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). He is one of few players to have played in League premierships at two clubs.
Playing career
Recruited from
Moe, Rowlings played in Hawthorn's
1975 Grand Final defeat to , kicking the first goal of the game. He was one of Hawthorn's best players in the emotional
1976 premiership triumph.
In 1978 Rowlings suffered a serious knee injury which prevented him from being part of Hawthorn's
1978 triumph, and was cleared to Richmond. In his first season at Tigerland won the
Jack Dyer Medal
The Jack Dyer Medal is an Australian rules football award given each season to the player or players adjudged best and fairest for the Richmond Football Club.
The award is now named in honour of Jack Dyer, a champion ruckman who won the award ...
, which is awarded to Richmond's best and fairest player for the season.
After playing career
Since 1996 Rowlings has been involved with the football program at
Caulfield Grammar School and
Caulfield Grammarians Football Club
Caulfield Grammarians Football Club, is an Australian rules football club based in Caulfield East, Victoria. The club, composed of Caulfield Grammar School alumni is, along with Old Melburnians, the (equal) second oldest consecutively compet ...
, and holds a football ambassador and development coaching role for all year levels.
Rowlings has been partly responsible for the football development of many current AFL players, such as
Brent Hartigan,
Jason Winderlich,
Chris Judd
Christopher Dylan Judd (born 8 September 1983) is a former professional Australian rules footballer and captain of both the West Coast Eagles and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Widely regarded as one of the bes ...
,
Tristan Cartledge,
Matthew Richardson, and
Tom Roach.
Further reading
* Hogan P: ''The Tigers of Old'', Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
See also
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List of Caulfield Grammar School people
This is a list of notable past students and staff of Caulfield Grammar School and/or Malvern Memorial Grammar School (amalgamated with Caulfield in 1961). Alumni of the school are known as "Caulfield Grammarians" and are supported by the Caulfi ...
References
External links
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Living people
Hawthorn Football Club players
Hawthorn Football Club Premiership players
Richmond Football Club players
Richmond Football Club Premiership players
Jack Dyer Medal winners
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
Moe Football Club players
1950 births
Victorian State of Origin players
Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
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