SANFL to honour SA football great
The three-time Magarey Medallist will be honoured over the weekend with a minute of silence to be held before the first bounce of Round 14 matches.
South Australian football’s first “Legend” in the Australian Football Hall of Fame, Barrie Robran, will be paid tribute to this weekend after his sudden death on Wednesday morning at the age of 77.
Known for his significant contribution to football both in South Australia and nationally, Robran was a member of the South Australian Football Hall of Fame and an inaugural member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996, with his citation describing him as “the best player never to play at AFL level”.
His career included 201 games for North Adelaide, kicking 194 goals between 1967 and 1980. He represented South Australia on 17 occasions and was North Adelaide captain in 1974 when his playing career was cut short by a serious knee injury.
The three-time Magarey Medallist will be honoured over the weekend with a minute of silence to be held before the first bounce of Round 14 SANFL League matches and the SANFLW Preliminary final.
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Players and umpires across SANFL will also wear black armbands, including the SA under-16 boys’ team in their final game of the AFL National Championships against Victoria Metro on the Gold Coast today.
Robran was known not only for his unparalleled football skills, but also his “excellence, humility, and unwavering loyalty,” according to North Adelaide Football club president Kris Mooney.
“Quite clearly the immense outpouring of grief following the sudden death of Barrie Robran reflects the enormous impact he had on the Australian football community and footy fans far and wide,” said SANFL Head of Talent and Football Operations Sean Toohey.
“All SANFL clubs and the Port Adelaide and Adelaide football clubs were supportive of honouring and paying their respects to Robran, arguably one of the greatest players in South Australia of all time”.
