Barney Lazarus

Barney Lazarus
Personal information
Full name Barney Lazarus
Date of birth (1879-12-18)18 December 1879
Place of birth London
Date of death 6 May 1962(1962-05-06) (aged 82)
Place of death Sydney
Original team(s) Carlton Juniors
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1902 Carlton 7 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1902.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Barney Lazarus (18 December 1879 – 6 May 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Lazarus made his senior VFL debut in 1902, playing seven games for Carlton. Following his retirement from football, Lazarus moved to Sydney and married there in 1912.[2] In 2015 it was discovered that Lazarus was Jewish, making him one of the few Jews to have played senior VFL/AFL football.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 477. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. ^ a b Browne, Ashley. "Historians discover identity of two more Jewish League footballers". afl.com.au. Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.


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