Skip to content
227,683 profiles ranked

Ron Barassi

Australian rules footballer and coach (1936-2023) · Australia · On the map · Athletes · Died at 87

Ronald Dale Barassi was an Australian rules footballer, coach and media personality.

Ron Barassi is read about 90 times a day, in 8 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 18 August 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare

A life in dates

2023Died16 September 20231996Australian Football Hall of FameAward1978Member of the Order of AustraliaAward1964Keith 'Bluey' Truscott MedalAward1961Keith 'Bluey' Truscott MedalAward1936Born27 February 1936

People around Ron

Also in Français

Career 2

ClubYears
Carlton Football Club
Melbourne Football Club

Awards

Australian Football Hall of Fame1996
Member of the Order of Australia1978
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal1964
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal1961
Australian Sports Medal

About this person

Regarded as one of the greatest and most important figures in the history of the game, Barassi was the first player to be inaugurated into the Australian Football Hall of Fame as a "Legend", and he is one of four Australian rules footballers to be elevated to the same status in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

Country
Australia
Category
Athletes
Type
Athlete
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1936 to 2023 · aged 87