Barry Gordon Rist (22 June 1941 – 16 May 2007)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3]

Barry Rist
Personal information
Full name Barry Gordon Rist[1]
Date of birth (1941-06-22)22 June 1941
Date of death 16 May 2007(2007-05-16) (aged 65)
Original team(s) Collingwood Fourths
Height 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1961–1963 Collingwood 21 (15)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1963.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Rist was among the first players to host a feast of tattoos.[4]

After leaving Collingwood, Rist played for Coburg (1964), Ariah Park (1965-1967), captain/coach for Ardlethan (1968-1970) and then Belgrave (1971).[5]

Rist became a four time premiership coach in the Diamond Valley Football League. When Rist accepted a coaching position he would bring with him a group of good footballers with him. His first success was with Templestowe in 1973. His next success was with Lalor in 1980, then Watsonia in 1987 and finally with Lalor again in 1991.

Notes

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  1. ^ "Barry Gordon Rist". Find a Grave.
  2. ^ "Barry Rist". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  3. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 751. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  4. ^ "PSSST: Footy's back, tatts all folks". 14 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Barry Rist". AFL Riverina.
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