Barry Griffiths
Hawthorn
AFL career
25 games9 goals
- Debut
- R1 1950 v GEE22 Apr 1950
- Most recent
- R19 1952 v NTH30 Aug 1952
Stats
1952 | HAW | 1 | 0.0 |
1951 | HAW | 9 | 0.4 |
1950 | HAW | 15 | 0.3 |
Bio
Recruited from local side Canterbury, Barry Griffiths holds a unique place in Hawthorn history as the club's 400th VFL player. He made his debut in Round 1, 1950, stepping out for his first game alongside future club Immortal John Kennedy Snr, though their careers followed vastly different trajectories. A mid-sized utility who could push forward, Griffiths toiled through one of the bleakest periods for the brown and gold, holding the unfortunate distinction of playing 25 senior games over three seasons without ever experiencing a victory. While he never had the chance to sing the club song, his career serves as a marker of the arduous challenges the club faced in the early 1950s before Kennedy eventually led them out of the wilderness.
Profile
- Born
- 12 July 1929 (age 97y 101d)
- Height
- 180 cm
- Weight
- 82 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from local side Canterbury, Barry Griffiths holds a unique place in Hawthorn history as the club's 400th VFL player. He made his debut in Round 1, 1950, stepping out for his first game alongside future club Immortal John Kennedy Snr, though their careers followed vastly different trajectories. A mid-sized utility who could push forward, Griffiths toiled through one of the bleakest periods for the brown and gold, holding the unfortunate distinction of playing 25 senior games over three seasons without ever experiencing a victory. While he never had the chance to sing the club song, his career serves as a marker of the arduous challenges the club faced in the early 1950s before Kennedy eventually led them out of the wilderness.